Patigi weather in August

In August, Patigi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 234 mm of rain across 24.1 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Patigi's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patigi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 234 mm; 24.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:32 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Patigi is LGA and settlement in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Founded: ~16 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Patigi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°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 on par with 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	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	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How August really feels in Patigi

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.

Patigi 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	35° / 21°	1	0.2	11.5	3.2
Feb	37° / 24°	2	0.3	11.7	1.9
Mar	38° / 26°	8	2	11.9	1.0
Apr	37° / 26°	35	6.7	12.2	1.4
May	35° / 26°	92	15.2	12.4	2.2
Jun	32° / 24°	150	20.8	12.5	2.8
Jul	30° / 24°	194	24.5	12.5	3.1
Aug	30° / 23°	234	24.1	12.3	3.3
Sep	31° / 23°	210	23.1	12.1	3.1
Oct	32° / 24°	84	13.5	11.8	3.6
Nov	35° / 23°	2	0.4	11.6	3.4
Dec	35° / 21°	0	0.1	11.5	3.4

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 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	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 (%)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Cloudier (%)	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Patigi gets around 234 mm of rain over 24.1 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 78% and peaks near 83% 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 (%)	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	78
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	80
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	83
31	83

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 98% 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 (%)	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oppressive (%)	98	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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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 6:31 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:42 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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:31	6:55
2	12.4	6:32	6:54
3	12.4	6:32	6:54
4	12.4	6:32	6:54
5	12.4	6:32	6:54
6	12.4	6:32	6:53
7	12.4	6:32	6:53
8	12.3	6:32	6:53
9	12.3	6:32	6:52
10	12.3	6:32	6:52
11	12.3	6:32	6:52
12	12.3	6:32	6:51
13	12.3	6:32	6:51
14	12.3	6:32	6:51
15	12.3	6:32	6:50
16	12.3	6:32	6:50
17	12.3	6:32	6:49
18	12.3	6:32	6:49
19	12.3	6:32	6:48
20	12.3	6:32	6:48
21	12.3	6:32	6:48
22	12.2	6:32	6:47
23	12.2	6:32	6:47
24	12.2	6:32	6:46
25	12.2	6:32	6:46
26	12.2	6:32	6:45
27	12.2	6:32	6:45
28	12.2	6:32	6:44
29	12.2	6:32	6:43
30	12.2	6:32	6:43
31	12.2	6:32	6:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.19 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.19 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)	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
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15	4.2	Bright
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17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Patigi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Patigi sees seasonal dust haze (December–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Patigi?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Patigi.

What to pack for Patigi in August

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

In August, Patigi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Patigi 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 Patigi peaks around September 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	8	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Patigi 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 Patigi is worst in February — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 27 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)	108	111	74	56	35	30	27	28	32	48	58	84
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	108	Unhealthy
Feb	111	Unhealthy
Mar	74	Unhealthy
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	35	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	84	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Patigi?

Patigi sits at 8.7°N, 5.8°E, 123 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Lafiagi, 40 km away.

Topography around Patigi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patigi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m.

The land around Patigi is covered by shrubs (29%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), shrubs (24%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), shrubs (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

shrubs 29%

16 km

180 m

cropland 30%

80 km

621 m

cropland 31%

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

August weather nearby: Lafiagi 40 km · Bida 48 km · Isanlu-Itedoijowa 51 km · Egbe 63 km · Baro 74 km · Lapai 96 km · Mokwa 100 km · Ode 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

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 Patigi (8.7285°, 5.7556°, elevation 123 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	30	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
4	30	24
5	30	24
6	30	24
7	30	24
8	30	24
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	78
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	80
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	78
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	80
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	78
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	80
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100