Numan weather in August

In August, Numan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 136 mm of rain across 17.5 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Numan's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Numan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 136 mm; 17.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:07 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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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 Numan reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How August really feels in Numan

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Numan 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	34° / 19°	0	0	11.5	3.6
Feb	37° / 21°	0	0	11.7	2.0
Mar	40° / 25°	1	0.3	11.9	0.3
Apr	39° / 28°	13	2.9	12.2	0.4
May	37° / 27°	40	8.6	12.4	1.6
Jun	35° / 26°	40	7.8	12.5	2.8
Jul	32° / 25°	71	12.5	12.5	3.5
Aug	31° / 24°	136	17.5	12.3	3.7
Sep	32° / 24°	72	13.6	12.1	3.7
Oct	35° / 25°	28	6.3	11.8	2.8
Nov	37° / 22°	1	0.3	11.6	2.2
Dec	35° / 19°	0	0	11.5	3.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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 (%)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Cloudier (%)	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Numan gets around 136 mm of rain over 17.5 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 55% and peaks near 57% 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 (%)	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	54	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	53
3	53
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	57
24	56
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	53

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 90% 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 (%)	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Oppressive (%)	78	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	6	94
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:18 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)	12.4	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	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:05	6:31
2	12.4	6:05	6:30
3	12.4	6:06	6:30
4	12.4	6:06	6:30
5	12.4	6:06	6:29
6	12.4	6:06	6:29
7	12.4	6:06	6:29
8	12.4	6:06	6:28
9	12.4	6:06	6:28
10	12.4	6:06	6:28
11	12.4	6:06	6:27
12	12.3	6:06	6:27
13	12.3	6:06	6:27
14	12.3	6:06	6:26
15	12.3	6:07	6:26
16	12.3	6:07	6:25
17	12.3	6:07	6:25
18	12.3	6:07	6:25
19	12.3	6:07	6:24
20	12.3	6:07	6:24
21	12.3	6:07	6:23
22	12.3	6:07	6:23
23	12.3	6:07	6:22
24	12.3	6:07	6:22
25	12.2	6:06	6:21
26	12.2	6:06	6:20
27	12.2	6:06	6:20
28	12.2	6:06	6:19
29	12.2	6:06	6:19
30	12.2	6:06	6:18
31	12.2	6:06	6:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.6 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.6 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Numan

In seasonPeak

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

Numan sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

Dust

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Numan?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Numan.

What to pack for Numan in August

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

In August, Numan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Numan 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 Numan peaks around August 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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)	8	11	11	11	9	11	11	12	12	11	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Numan 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 Numan is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 21 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)	90	98	94	65	34	27	21	24	29	45	54	78
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	90	Unhealthy
Feb	98	Unhealthy
Mar	94	Unhealthy
Apr	65	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	54	Poor
Dec	78	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Numan?

Numan sits at 9.5°N, 12.0°E, 161 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jimeta, 51 km away.

Topography around Numan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Numan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 151 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,140 m.

The land around Numan is covered by cropland (33%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

47 m

cropland 33%

16 km

172 m

cropland 45%

80 km

1,140 m

cropland 53%

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

August weather nearby: Jimeta 51 km · Yola 57 km · Jalingo 97 km · Biliri 99 km · Deba 109 km · Gombi 110 km · Kumo 111 km · Ganye 114 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 Numan (9.4637°, 12.0306°, elevation 161 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	30	24
15	30	24
16	30	24
17	30	24
18	30	24
19	30	24
20	30	24
21	30	24
22	30	24
23	30	24
24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	53
3	53
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	57
24	56
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	53

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	6	94
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	53
3	53
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	57
24	56
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	53

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	6	94
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	53
3	53
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	57
24	56
25	56
26	56
27	55
28	55
29	54
30	53
31	53

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	6	94
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97