Katsina weather in August

In August, Katsina sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 173 mm of rain across 20.7 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Katsina's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katsina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:21 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Katsina is local government area in Nigeria.

Density
4,718/km²
people per km²
Founded
1987

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 Katsina reaches about 30°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 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Katsina

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.

Katsina 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
Jan29° / 15°0011.37.1
Feb32° / 18°0011.65.0
Mar36° / 21°10.111.92.3
Apr39° / 25°30.712.30.8
May38° / 26°184.512.61.1
Jun35° / 25°41912.72.5
Jul32° / 24°10017.212.73.4
Aug30° / 23°17320.712.43.6
Sep32° / 23°7911.912.13.7
Oct35° / 22°142.911.73.3
Nov33° / 18°0011.44.5
Dec30° / 15°0011.26.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 75%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22575
32575
42575
52377
62377
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112278
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Katsina gets around 173 mm of rain over 20.7 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 66% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2167
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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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12278
22179
32080
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51882
61882
71783
81684
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101585
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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
110calm
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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 6:18 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:186:53
212.66:186:53
312.66:196:52
412.66:196:52
512.56:196:52
612.56:196:51
712.56:196:51
812.56:206:51
912.56:206:50
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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 5.34 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.34 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 Katsina

In seasonPeak

None of Katsina's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Katsina 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 Katsina?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Katsina.

What to pack for Katsina in August

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

In August, Katsina sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Katsina 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 Katsina peaks around August 16 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 highAug 16UV 12Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Katsina 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 Katsina is worst in February — around 121 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 17120 µg/m³Aug 1130 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan113Unhealthy
Feb121Unhealthy
Mar116Unhealthy
Apr95Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun48Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep44Poor
Oct77Unhealthy
Nov92Unhealthy
Dec107Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Katsina?

Katsina sits at 13.0°N, 7.6°E, 519 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Madarounfa, 60 km away.

DauraMaradiTibiriTessaouaMatamey

Topography around Katsina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katsina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 512 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Katsina is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
116 m
80 km
270 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Madarounfa 60 km · Aguié 60 km · Gazaoua 68 km · Daura 78 km · Maradi 78 km · Tibiri 87 km · Tessaoua 95 km · Matamey 106 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 Katsina (12.9908°, 7.6018°, elevation 519 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).