Garko weather in August

In August, Garko sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 164 mm of rain across 19.7 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Garko's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garko's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 19.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:09 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Garko 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Garko reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How August really feels in Garko

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Garko 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° / 16°	0	0	11.5	5.3
Feb	35° / 19°	0	0	11.7	3.4
Mar	38° / 22°	0	0.2	11.9	1.3
Apr	39° / 25°	7	1.5	12.2	0.9
May	37° / 26°	24	5.3	12.5	1.8
Jun	34° / 24°	40	8.4	12.6	3.0
Jul	31° / 23°	96	15.1	12.5	3.7
Aug	30° / 22°	164	19.7	12.3	3.9
Sep	31° / 22°	68	11.9	12.1	4.2
Oct	34° / 22°	18	4.2	11.8	3.4
Nov	35° / 19°	0	0	11.5	3.4
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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 (%)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	88	87	86	86	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Garko gets around 164 mm of rain over 19.7 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 62% and peaks near 64% 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 (%)	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	58	57	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	63
3	63
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	63
17	63
18	63
19	63
20	63
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	61
25	61
26	60
27	60
28	59
29	58
30	57
31	56

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 82% 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 (%)	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Oppressive (%)	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	12	88

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 6:08 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:22 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	12.4	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	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:08	6:35
2	12.4	6:08	6:35
3	12.4	6:08	6:34
4	12.4	6:08	6:34
5	12.4	6:08	6:34
6	12.4	6:09	6:33
7	12.4	6:09	6:33
8	12.4	6:09	6:33
9	12.4	6:09	6:32
10	12.4	6:09	6:32
11	12.4	6:09	6:32
12	12.4	6:09	6:31
13	12.4	6:09	6:31
14	12.4	6:09	6:30
15	12.3	6:09	6:30
16	12.3	6:09	6:30
17	12.3	6:09	6:29
18	12.3	6:09	6:29
19	12.3	6:09	6:28
20	12.3	6:09	6:28
21	12.3	6:09	6:27
22	12.3	6:09	6:27
23	12.3	6:09	6:26
24	12.3	6:09	6:26
25	12.3	6:09	6:25
26	12.3	6:09	6:24
27	12.2	6:09	6:24
28	12.2	6:09	6:23
29	12.2	6:09	6:23
30	12.2	6:09	6:22
31	12.2	6:09	6:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.74 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.74 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Garko

In seasonPeak

None of Garko's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Garko sees seasonal dust haze (December–June), heaviest in March.

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Garko?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Garko.

What to pack for Garko in August

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

In August, Garko sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Garko 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 Garko peaks around March 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (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	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Garko 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 Garko is worst in February — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 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)	93	102	101	72	41	32	24	26	33	52	61	84
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	93	Unhealthy
Feb	102	Unhealthy
Mar	101	Unhealthy
Apr	72	Unhealthy
May	41	Poor
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	61	Unhealthy
Dec	84	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Garko?

Garko sits at 10.2°N, 11.2°E, 470 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gombe, 13 km away.

Topography around Garko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 473 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m.

The land around Garko is covered by cropland (51%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

125 m

cropland 51%

16 km

358 m

cropland 64%

80 km

917 m

cropland 63%

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

August weather nearby: Gombe 13 km · Kumo 15 km · Deba 25 km · Pindiga 31 km · Biliri 35 km · Dukku 84 km · Nafada 104 km · Biu 123 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 Garko (10.1751°, 11.1646°, elevation 470 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	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	63
3	63
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	63
17	63
18	63
19	63
20	63
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	61
25	61
26	60
27	60
28	59
29	58
30	57
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	12	88

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	63
3	63
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	63
17	63
18	63
19	63
20	63
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	61
25	61
26	60
27	60
28	59
29	58
30	57
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	12	88

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	63
3	63
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	64
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	63
17	63
18	63
19	63
20	63
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	61
25	61
26	60
27	60
28	59
29	58
30	57
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	12	88