Dutsen Wai weather in August

In August, Dutsen Wai sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 258 mm of rain across 27.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dutsen Wai's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dutsen Wai's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 258 mm; 27.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:20 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Dutsen Wai is human settlement in Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dutsen Wai reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

How August really feels in Dutsen Wai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dutsen Wai weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 15°	0	0	11.4	6.8
Feb	32° / 18°	1	0.1	11.6	4.9
Mar	35° / 21°	2	0.4	11.9	3.0
Apr	36° / 23°	22	4.9	12.2	2.3
May	33° / 23°	90	15.5	12.5	3.0
Jun	30° / 22°	135	20.6	12.6	3.7
Jul	28° / 21°	172	24.9	12.6	3.9
Aug	27° / 20°	258	27.3	12.4	3.7
Sep	29° / 20°	200	25.5	12.1	3.5
Oct	30° / 19°	71	11.5	11.8	4.6
Nov	31° / 17°	0	0.1	11.5	5.7
Dec	30° / 15°	1	0.1	11.4	6.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Cloudier (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	89	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dutsen Wai gets around 258 mm of rain over 27.3 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82
Oppressive (%)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	9	calm
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30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:19	6:48
2	12.5	6:19	6:47
3	12.5	6:19	6:47
4	12.5	6:19	6:47
5	12.5	6:19	6:47
6	12.4	6:20	6:46
7	12.4	6:20	6:46
8	12.4	6:20	6:46
9	12.4	6:20	6:45
10	12.4	6:20	6:45
11	12.4	6:20	6:44
12	12.4	6:20	6:44
13	12.4	6:20	6:43
14	12.4	6:20	6:43
15	12.4	6:20	6:43
16	12.4	6:20	6:42
17	12.4	6:21	6:42
18	12.3	6:21	6:41
19	12.3	6:21	6:41
20	12.3	6:21	6:40
21	12.3	6:21	6:40
22	12.3	6:21	6:39
23	12.3	6:21	6:39
24	12.3	6:21	6:38
25	12.3	6:21	6:37
26	12.3	6:21	6:37
27	12.3	6:21	6:36
28	12.2	6:21	6:36
29	12.2	6:21	6:35
30	12.2	6:21	6:34
31	12.2	6:21	6:34

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.47 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dutsen Wai

In seasonPeak

In August, Dutsen Wai sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dutsen Wai's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dutsen Wai sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dutsen Wai?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dutsen Wai.

What to pack for Dutsen Wai in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Dutsen Wai sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Dutsen Wai in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dutsen Wai peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	7	10	9	9	11	11	13	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	High	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Dutsen Wai in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dutsen Wai is worst in February — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	106	115	106	78	48	37	27	28	43	69	77	97
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	106	Unhealthy
Feb	115	Unhealthy
Mar	106	Unhealthy
Apr	78	Unhealthy
May	48	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	43	Poor
Oct	69	Unhealthy
Nov	77	Unhealthy
Dec	97	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai sits at 10.9°N, 8.2°E, 694 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Soba, 21 km away.

Topography around Dutsen Wai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dutsen Wai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dutsen Wai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 698 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 759 m.

The land around Dutsen Wai is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and cropland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

148 m

cropland 81%

16 km

211 m

cropland 90%

80 km

759 m

cropland 74%

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← July Dutsen Wai year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Soba 21 km · Anchau 25 km · Zaria 60 km · Lere 66 km · Rano 89 km · Kaduna 91 km · Kachia 112 km · Gwarzo 122 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dutsen Wai (10.8501°, 8.199°, elevation 694 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18