Hadejia weather in August

In August, Hadejia sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 192 mm of rain across 19.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hadejia's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hadejia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
192 mm
19.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:11 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Hadejia is local government area of Nigeria.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Hadejia reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Hadejia

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Hadejia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 14°0011.36.5
Feb34° / 17°0011.64.3
Mar38° / 21°00.111.91.6
Apr40° / 24°10.212.30.1
May39° / 26°163.412.60.4
Jun37° / 26°297.112.71.6
Jul33° / 24°10815.912.73.0
Aug31° / 23°19219.512.43.4
Sep33° / 23°6610.112.13.4
Oct36° / 22°112.811.72.5
Nov34° / 18°0011.43.7
Dec31° / 15°0011.36.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23565
33466
43367
53367
63268
73268
83169
93169
103169
113070
123070
133169
143169
153070
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hadejia gets around 192 mm of rain over 19.5 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 61% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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360
461
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662
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1963
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2163
2262
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2661
2760
2859
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3057
3156

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16940
26940
35950
45950
54960
64960
74960
83970
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113970
123970
133970
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 6:09 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:096:43
212.56:096:42
312.56:106:42
412.56:106:42
512.56:106:41
612.56:106:41
712.56:106:40
812.56:106:40
912.56:116:40
1012.56:116:39
1112.56:116:39
1212.56:116:38
1312.46:116:38
1412.46:116:37
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1612.46:116:36
1712.46:126:36
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2212.46:126:33
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.49 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.33 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Hadejia

In seasonPeak

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

Hadejia sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Hadejia?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hadejia.

What to pack for Hadejia in August

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

In August, Hadejia sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hadejia 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 Hadejia peaks around August 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Hadejia 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 Hadejia is worst in February — around 113 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 34 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 14112 µg/m³Aug 1335 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan108Unhealthy
Feb113Unhealthy
Mar107Unhealthy
Apr92Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul39Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov74Unhealthy
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Hadejia?

Hadejia sits at 12.5°N, 10.0°E, 359 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nguru, 65 km away.

GumelAzareKiyawaKumagunnamChakwamaDutseGashua

Topography around Hadejia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hadejia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 356 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m.

The land around Hadejia is covered by cropland (48%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
10 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
69 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Nguru 65 km · Gumel 73 km · Azare 88 km · Kiyawa 88 km · Kumagunnam 101 km · Chakwama 108 km · Dutse 109 km · Gashua 118 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
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

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 Hadejia (12.4535°, 10.0412°, elevation 359 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).