Pankshin weather in August

In August, Pankshin sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 224 mm of rain across 27.5 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 224 mm; 27.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:17 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; 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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Pankshin reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How August really feels in Pankshin

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.

Pankshin 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	30° / 16°	0	0	11.5	6.1
Feb	33° / 18°	2	0.3	11.7	4.5
Mar	35° / 21°	5	1.4	11.9	2.9
Apr	34° / 23°	30	7.8	12.2	2.9
May	32° / 23°	73	15.9	12.4	3.5
Jun	29° / 21°	101	21.6	12.5	3.9
Jul	27° / 21°	155	26.1	12.5	4.0
Aug	26° / 20°	224	27.5	12.3	3.9
Sep	27° / 20°	141	21.5	12.1	4.5
Oct	29° / 20°	58	11.4	11.8	5.1
Nov	31° / 18°	2	0.6	11.6	5.4
Dec	31° / 17°	0	0	11.5	6.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pankshin gets around 224 mm of rain over 27.5 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 88% and peaks near 89% 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	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

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 94% 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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Oppressive (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:16 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:28 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	12.3	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	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:16	6:41
2	12.4	6:16	6:40
3	12.4	6:16	6:40
4	12.4	6:16	6:40
5	12.4	6:16	6:40
6	12.4	6:16	6:39
7	12.4	6:17	6:39
8	12.4	6:17	6:39
9	12.4	6:17	6:38
10	12.4	6:17	6:38
11	12.3	6:17	6:38
12	12.3	6:17	6:37
13	12.3	6:17	6:37
14	12.3	6:17	6:36
15	12.3	6:17	6:36
16	12.3	6:17	6:36
17	12.3	6:17	6:35
18	12.3	6:17	6:35
19	12.3	6:17	6:34
20	12.3	6:17	6:34
21	12.3	6:17	6:33
22	12.3	6:17	6:33
23	12.3	6:17	6:32
24	12.2	6:17	6:32
25	12.2	6:17	6:31
26	12.2	6:17	6:31
27	12.2	6:17	6:30
28	12.2	6:17	6:30
29	12.2	6:17	6:29
30	12.2	6:17	6:29
31	12.2	6:17	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.46 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.46 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pankshin

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pankshin sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Pankshin?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pankshin.

What to pack for Pankshin in August

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

In August, Pankshin sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Pankshin in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pankshin peaks around September 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near February 12 at about 7 (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)	9	7	11	10	9	11	12	11	12	11	10	8
Level	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	7	High
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Pankshin 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 Pankshin is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 22 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)	92	99	85	62	34	27	22	24	29	43	52	77
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	92	Unhealthy
Feb	99	Unhealthy
Mar	85	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	52	Poor
Dec	77	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Pankshin?

Pankshin sits at 9.3°N, 9.4°E, 1,235 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Bukuru, 81 km away.

Topography around Pankshin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pankshin has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m around an average of 1,201 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,166 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,615 m.

The land around Pankshin is covered by shrubs (29%), cropland (29%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), shrubs (33%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%), grassland (26%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

391 m

shrubs 29%

16 km

1,166 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,615 m

cropland 48%

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

August weather nearby: Bukuru 81 km · Jos 90 km · Wamba 101 km · Bauchi 118 km · Kagoro 119 km · Akwanga 122 km · Kafanchan 129 km · Ibi 132 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 Pankshin (9.3254°, 9.4352°, elevation 1,235 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	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	26	20
5	26	20
6	26	20
7	26	20
8	26	20
9	26	20
10	26	20
11	26	20
12	26	20
13	26	20
14	26	20
15	26	20
16	26	20
17	26	20
18	26	20
19	26	20
20	26	20
21	26	20
22	26	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7