Ganye weather in August

In August, Ganye sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 221 mm of rain across 27 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ganye's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ganye's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 221 mm; 27 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:08 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ganye reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
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24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

How August really feels in Ganye

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.

Ganye 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	32° / 17°	0	0	11.6	5.3
Feb	34° / 20°	1	0.4	11.7	3.8
Mar	36° / 23°	6	1.4	11.9	2.4
Apr	35° / 24°	48	9.9	12.2	2.3
May	33° / 24°	115	21.1	12.4	2.7
Jun	31° / 22°	122	24.1	12.5	3.1
Jul	29° / 22°	165	26.5	12.4	3.4
Aug	28° / 21°	221	27	12.3	3.7
Sep	29° / 21°	170	26.3	12	3.3
Oct	31° / 21°	88	17.5	11.8	3.8
Nov	33° / 20°	5	1.2	11.6	4.5
Dec	32° / 18°	0	0.1	11.5	5.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Cloudier (%)	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
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18	8	92
19	7	93
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27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ganye gets around 221 mm of rain over 27 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 87% and peaks near 90% 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 (%)	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	84
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12	85
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30	90
31	89

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 90% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	88
Oppressive (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	88	12

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:17 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)	12.4	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:07	6:29
2	12.4	6:07	6:29
3	12.4	6:07	6:29
4	12.4	6:07	6:28
5	12.4	6:07	6:28
6	12.3	6:07	6:28
7	12.3	6:07	6:27
8	12.3	6:07	6:27
9	12.3	6:07	6:27
10	12.3	6:07	6:27
11	12.3	6:07	6:26
12	12.3	6:07	6:26
13	12.3	6:07	6:25
14	12.3	6:07	6:25
15	12.3	6:08	6:25
16	12.3	6:08	6:24
17	12.3	6:07	6:24
18	12.3	6:07	6:23
19	12.3	6:07	6:23
20	12.3	6:07	6:23
21	12.2	6:07	6:22
22	12.2	6:07	6:22
23	12.2	6:07	6:21
24	12.2	6:07	6:21
25	12.2	6:07	6:20
26	12.2	6:07	6:20
27	12.2	6:07	6:19
28	12.2	6:07	6:19
29	12.2	6:07	6:18
30	12.2	6:07	6:18
31	12.2	6:07	6:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.63 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.63 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
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24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ganye

In seasonPeak

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

Ganye's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ganye sees seasonal dust haze (February–April), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ganye?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ganye.

What to pack for Ganye in August

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

In August, Ganye sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ganye in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ganye peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very 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)	10	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	10	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Ganye 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 Ganye is worst in February — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (July, 16 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)	73	81	74	54	28	22	16	18	19	31	33	62
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	73	Unhealthy
Feb	81	Unhealthy
Mar	74	Unhealthy
Apr	54	Poor
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	62	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ganye?

Ganye sits at 8.4°N, 12.1°E, 484 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jalingo, 92 km away.

Topography around Ganye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ganye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 490 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 990 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,645 m.

The land around Ganye is covered by cropland (60%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), cropland (28%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

72 m

cropland 60%

16 km

990 m

cropland 72%

80 km

1,645 m

trees 32%

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

August weather nearby: Jalingo 92 km · Yola 98 km · Jimeta 104 km · Numan 114 km · Beli 135 km · Tchéboa 141 km · Garoua 177 km · Biliri 183 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 Ganye (8.435°, 12.0511°, elevation 484 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	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
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24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	85
15	86
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17	87
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19	88
20	88
21	89
22	89
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30	90
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	90	10
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10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
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20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
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24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	88	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
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	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
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11	85
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13	85
14	85
15	86
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17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	88	12

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

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

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	88	12