Kaduna weather in August

In August, Kaduna sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 254 mm of rain across 27.6 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 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kaduna's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaduna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 254 mm; 27.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:24 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Kaduna is state capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria.

Founded: 1913

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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kaduna reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
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	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

How August really feels in Kaduna

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.

Kaduna 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	31° / 16°	0	0	11.5	6.1
Feb	33° / 19°	0	0.1	11.7	4.4
Mar	36° / 22°	5	0.9	11.9	2.8
Apr	35° / 24°	28	6	12.2	2.6
May	32° / 23°	96	15	12.5	3.4
Jun	29° / 22°	116	17.7	12.6	4.2
Jul	27° / 21°	170	24.9	12.6	4.0
Aug	27° / 21°	254	27.6	12.3	3.7
Sep	28° / 21°	206	25.7	12.1	3.6
Oct	30° / 20°	89	12.6	11.8	4.6
Nov	31° / 17°	1	0.1	11.5	5.4
Dec	31° / 16°	0	0	11.4	6.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
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	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kaduna gets around 254 mm of rain over 27.6 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 89% 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 (%)	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87

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

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 70% 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 (%)	69	70	71	72	72	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66
Oppressive (%)	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 6:22 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:37 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	12.4	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:22	6:50
2	12.5	6:22	6:50
3	12.5	6:23	6:50
4	12.4	6:23	6:49
5	12.4	6:23	6:49
6	12.4	6:23	6:49
7	12.4	6:23	6:49
8	12.4	6:23	6:48
9	12.4	6:23	6:48
10	12.4	6:23	6:47
11	12.4	6:23	6:47
12	12.4	6:24	6:47
13	12.4	6:24	6:46
14	12.4	6:24	6:46
15	12.4	6:24	6:45
16	12.4	6:24	6:45
17	12.3	6:24	6:44
18	12.3	6:24	6:44
19	12.3	6:24	6:43
20	12.3	6:24	6:43
21	12.3	6:24	6:42
22	12.3	6:24	6:42
23	12.3	6:24	6:41
24	12.3	6:24	6:41
25	12.3	6:24	6:40
26	12.3	6:24	6:40
27	12.3	6:24	6:39
28	12.2	6:24	6:39
29	12.2	6:24	6:38
30	12.2	6:24	6:37
31	12.2	6:24	6:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.03 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.03 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kaduna

In seasonPeak

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

Kaduna's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kaduna sees seasonal dust haze (January–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 Kaduna?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kaduna.

What to pack for Kaduna in August

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

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

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Kaduna 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 Kaduna peaks around August 20 at about 13 (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	10	12	11	10	11	11	13	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Kaduna 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 Kaduna is worst in February — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 26 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)	107	115	103	73	43	34	26	27	39	65	80	101
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	107	Unhealthy
Feb	115	Unhealthy
Mar	103	Unhealthy
Apr	73	Unhealthy
May	43	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	65	Unhealthy
Nov	80	Unhealthy
Dec	101	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kaduna?

Kaduna sits at 10.5°N, 7.4°E, 626 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Zaria, 72 km away.

Topography around Kaduna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaduna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 606 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Kaduna is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

68 m

artificial surfaces 76%

16 km

115 m

cropland 41%

80 km

581 m

cropland 42%

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

August weather nearby: Zaria 72 km · Soba 84 km · Sofo-Birnin-Gwari 90 km · Dutsen Wai 91 km · Kachia 92 km · Funtua 112 km · Anchau 115 km · Lere 125 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 Kaduna (10.5264°, 7.4388°, elevation 626 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	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
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	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
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	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
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	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34