Kari weather in August

In August, Kari sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 252 mm of rain across 25 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 30°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 Kari's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kari's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
252 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:11 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Kari is human settlement in Bauchi State, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kari reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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.

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

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.

Kari 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 15°0011.46.4
Feb33° / 18°0011.64.3
Mar37° / 22°0011.91.8
Apr39° / 25°41.112.20.8
May37° / 26°316.412.51.5
Jun34° / 24°7013.112.62.8
Jul31° / 23°1882312.63.3
Aug30° / 22°2522512.43.4
Sep31° / 22°11317.312.13.7
Oct33° / 22°285.211.73.8
Nov33° / 19°0011.54.2
Dec31° / 16°0011.46.1

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 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kari gets around 252 mm of rain over 25 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 80% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
183
283
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583
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883
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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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1694
2694
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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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:09 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:096:39
212.56:096:39
312.56:096:38
412.56:096:38
512.56:096:38
612.56:106:37
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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 5.06 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.06 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 Kari

In seasonPeak

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

Kari's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kari sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Kari?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kari.

What to pack for Kari in August

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

In August, Kari sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kari 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 Kari peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Kari 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 Kari is worst in February — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 17108 µg/m³Aug 929 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb109Unhealthy
Mar104Unhealthy
Apr82Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun44Poor
Jul29Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov66Unhealthy
Dec93Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kari?

Kari sits at 11.2°N, 10.6°E, 408 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Darazo, 32 km away.

GwaramPotiskumNafadaDauraChakwama

Topography around Kari

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 418 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 503 m.

The land around Kari is covered by cropland (92%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
159 m
80 km
503 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Darazo 32 km · Dukku 52 km · Azare 62 km · Gwaram 74 km · Potiskum 77 km · Nafada 86 km · Daura 98 km · Chakwama 104 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 Kari (11.2471°, 10.561°, elevation 408 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).