Kumagunnam weather in August

In August, Kumagunnam sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 130 mm of rain across 15.3 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Kumagunnam's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kumagunnam's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
130 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:08 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Kumagunnam is human settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kumagunnam reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Kumagunnam

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.

Kumagunnam 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°0011.36.9
Feb33° / 17°0011.64.7
Mar37° / 21°00.111.91.8
Apr40° / 25°10.112.30.1
May41° / 27°71.912.60.0
Jun39° / 27°143.112.80.8
Jul35° / 25°6411.312.72.5
Aug32° / 24°13015.312.43.3
Sep35° / 24°386.712.12.7
Oct37° / 23°61.511.71.9
Nov34° / 19°0011.43.8
Dec30° / 15°0011.26.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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

Any precipitation

Kumagunnam gets around 130 mm of rain over 15.3 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 48% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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214860
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 6:06 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:066:41
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512.66:076:40
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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 5.81 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kumagunnam

In seasonPeak

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

Kumagunnam 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 Kumagunnam?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kumagunnam.

What to pack for Kumagunnam in August

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

In August, Kumagunnam sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kumagunnam 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 Kumagunnam peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 17UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Kumagunnam 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 Kumagunnam is worst in February — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 12107 µg/m³Aug 1827 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan103Unhealthy
Feb108Unhealthy
Mar97Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May59Unhealthy
Jun54Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug26Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct54Poor
Nov66Unhealthy
Dec96Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kumagunnam?

Kumagunnam sits at 13.2°N, 10.6°E, 346 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nguru, 37 km away.

GouréHadejiaGeidamGumelMaïné SoroaPotiskum

Topography around Kumagunnam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kumagunnam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 343 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Kumagunnam is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, grassland (89%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
22 m
80 km
170 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Nguru 37 km · Gashua 54 km · Gouré 100 km · Hadejia 101 km · Geidam 143 km · Gumel 147 km · Maïné Soroa 151 km · Potiskum 167 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 Kumagunnam (13.155°, 10.6347°, elevation 346 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).