Gombi weather in August

In August, Gombi sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 181 mm of rain across 22.8 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 2% 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 Gombi's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gombi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 181 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:03 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; 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 Gombi reaches about 28°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 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29
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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How August really feels in Gombi

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.

Gombi 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	5.0
Feb	35° / 19°	0	0	11.7	3.1
Mar	38° / 23°	1	0.3	11.9	1.1
Apr	38° / 26°	13	4.2	12.2	0.9
May	36° / 25°	49	10	12.5	2.1
Jun	33° / 24°	58	12.3	12.6	3.4
Jul	30° / 22°	111	18.2	12.5	3.9
Aug	28° / 22°	181	22.8	12.3	3.9
Sep	30° / 22°	113	18.9	12.1	3.9
Oct	32° / 22°	47	9.2	11.8	3.9
Nov	34° / 19°	1	0.3	11.5	3.9
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	88	88	88

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gombi gets around 181 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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 (%)	24	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12
Oppressive (%)	76	76	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	86	87	87	88

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

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	10	10	10	10	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
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	9	calm
8	9	calm
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11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	8	calm
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24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	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 6:02 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:15 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)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:02	6:29
2	12.4	6:02	6:28
3	12.4	6:02	6:28
4	12.4	6:02	6:28
5	12.4	6:02	6:28
6	12.4	6:02	6:27
7	12.4	6:02	6:27
8	12.4	6:02	6:27
9	12.4	6:03	6:26
10	12.4	6:03	6:26
11	12.4	6:03	6:25
12	12.4	6:03	6:25
13	12.4	6:03	6:25
14	12.4	6:03	6:24
15	12.3	6:03	6:24
16	12.3	6:03	6:23
17	12.3	6:03	6:23
18	12.3	6:03	6:22
19	12.3	6:03	6:22
20	12.3	6:03	6:21
21	12.3	6:03	6:21
22	12.3	6:03	6:20
23	12.3	6:03	6:20
24	12.3	6:03	6:19
25	12.3	6:03	6:19
26	12.3	6:03	6:18
27	12.2	6:03	6:18
28	12.2	6:03	6:17
29	12.2	6:03	6:16
30	12.2	6:03	6:16
31	12.2	6:03	6:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.5 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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	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	4.7
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	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	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Gombi

In seasonPeak

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

Gombi's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Gombi?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gombi.

What to pack for Gombi in August

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

In August, Gombi sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gombi 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 Gombi peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 7 (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)	7	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Gombi 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 Gombi is worst in February — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 22 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)	86	93	93	66	37	30	22	23	29	51	63	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	86	Unhealthy
Feb	93	Unhealthy
Mar	93	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	37	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	63	Unhealthy
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gombi?

Gombi sits at 10.2°N, 12.7°E, 597 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Mubi, 59 km away.

Topography around Gombi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gombi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 579 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 398 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,144 m.

The land around Gombi is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

187 m

cropland 57%

16 km

398 m

cropland 82%

80 km

1,144 m

cropland 53%

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

August weather nearby: Mubi 59 km · Biu 77 km · Jimeta 103 km · Damboa 110 km · Numan 110 km · Yola 110 km · Garoua 121 km · Pitoa 121 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 Gombi (10.1676°, 12.7368°, elevation 597 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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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