Gusau weather in August

In August, Gusau sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 202 mm of rain across 22.8 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 Gusau's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gusau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 202 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:25 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gusau reaches about 29°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 31°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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	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	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in Gusau

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.

Gusau 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° / 16°	0	0	11.4	6.3
Feb	34° / 19°	0	0	11.6	4.2
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0.1	11.9	1.8
Apr	39° / 25°	7	1.8	12.3	0.8
May	37° / 26°	40	7.2	12.6	1.6
Jun	34° / 24°	67	11.3	12.7	3.1
Jul	31° / 23°	116	18	12.6	3.7
Aug	29° / 22°	202	22.8	12.4	3.6
Sep	31° / 22°	114	15.8	12.1	3.9
Oct	33° / 21°	30	5.4	11.7	3.8
Nov	33° / 18°	0	0	11.4	4.2
Dec	31° / 16°	0	0	11.3	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	17	17	19	19
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	86	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	84	84	83	83	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gusau gets around 202 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 76% 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 (%)	68	69	70	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	75
21	74
22	74
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	70
29	70
30	69
31	69

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 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 (%)	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Oppressive (%)	84	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93

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

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	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
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	9	calm
10	9	calm
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	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	8	calm
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 6:23 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:41 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	12.5	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:23	6:56
2	12.5	6:23	6:55
3	12.5	6:23	6:55
4	12.5	6:24	6:55
5	12.5	6:24	6:54
6	12.5	6:24	6:54
7	12.5	6:24	6:54
8	12.5	6:24	6:53
9	12.5	6:24	6:53
10	12.5	6:25	6:52
11	12.5	6:25	6:52
12	12.4	6:25	6:52
13	12.4	6:25	6:51
14	12.4	6:25	6:51
15	12.4	6:25	6:50
16	12.4	6:25	6:50
17	12.4	6:25	6:49
18	12.4	6:25	6:49
19	12.4	6:25	6:48
20	12.4	6:26	6:48
21	12.4	6:26	6:47
22	12.3	6:26	6:46
23	12.3	6:26	6:46
24	12.3	6:26	6:45
25	12.3	6:26	6:45
26	12.3	6:26	6:44
27	12.3	6:26	6:43
28	12.3	6:26	6:43
29	12.3	6:26	6:42
30	12.3	6:26	6:41
31	12.2	6:26	6:41

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 7.09 kWh/m² in April 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	4.7	4.7	4.7	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	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
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	4.7	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	4.7	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	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Gusau

In seasonPeak

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

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

Gusau sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Gusau?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gusau.

What to pack for Gusau in August

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

In August, Gusau sees daytime highs around 29°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 Gusau 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 Gusau peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (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)	9	9	9	10	9	10	11	13	11	11	9	5
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Gusau 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 Gusau is worst in February — around 118 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 25 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)	110	118	108	80	48	37	25	25	37	64	87	108
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	110	Unhealthy
Feb	118	Unhealthy
Mar	108	Unhealthy
Apr	80	Unhealthy
May	48	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	64	Unhealthy
Nov	87	Unhealthy
Dec	108	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gusau?

Gusau sits at 12.2°N, 6.7°E, 451 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kaura Namoda, 48 km away.

Topography around Gusau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gusau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 444 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 m.

The land around Gusau is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

artificial surfaces 58%

16 km

348 m

cropland 80%

80 km

538 m

cropland 60%

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

August weather nearby: Kaura Namoda 48 km · Talata Mafara 79 km · Moriki 81 km · Funtua 101 km · Malumfashi 112 km · Sofo-Birnin-Gwari 129 km · Katsina 137 km · Madarounfa 137 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 Gusau (12.1702°, 6.6641°, elevation 451 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	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	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	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	75
21	74
22	74
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	70
29	70
30	69
31	69

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

	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	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	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	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	75
21	74
22	74
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	70
29	70
30	69
31	69

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

	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	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	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	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	75
21	74
22	74
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	70
29	70
30	69
31	69

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