Talata Mafara weather in August

In August, Talata Mafara sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 186 mm of rain across 20.9 wet days and about 12.4 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 3% 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 Talata Mafara's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Talata Mafara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
186 mm
20.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:27 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

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 Talata Mafara reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Talata Mafara

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.

Talata Mafara 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.4
Feb35° / 21°0011.63.3
Mar38° / 24°00.111.91.0
Apr40° / 27°51.312.30.1
May38° / 27°326.112.61.0
Jun35° / 26°5210.112.72.6
Jul32° / 24°9715.512.73.5
Aug30° / 23°18620.912.43.6
Sep32° / 23°8912.112.13.9
Oct34° / 23°214.311.73.2
Nov35° / 20°0011.43.5
Dec32° / 18°0011.35.2

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 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31585
41585
51486
61486
71387
81387
91288
101288
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312278

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Talata Mafara gets around 186 mm of rain over 20.9 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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3161

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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13970
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52980
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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 6:25 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:256:59
212.66:256:58
312.56:256:58
412.56:266:58
512.56:266:57
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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 4.76 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.76 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 Talata Mafara

In seasonPeak

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

Talata Mafara sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
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Is August a good time to visit Talata Mafara?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Talata Mafara.

What to pack for Talata Mafara in August

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

In August, Talata Mafara 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 Talata Mafara 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 Talata Mafara peaks around August 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 15UV 13Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Talata Mafara 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 Talata Mafara is worst in February — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 15107 µg/m³Aug 1222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan100Unhealthy
Feb108Unhealthy
Mar100Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May47Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul24Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct55Poor
Nov75Unhealthy
Dec95Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Talata Mafara?

Talata Mafara sits at 12.6°N, 6.1°E, 316 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kaura Namoda, 57 km away.

GusauSokotoGummiGwadabawaGuidan RoumdjiMadarounfa

Topography around Talata Mafara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Talata Mafara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 312 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m.

The land around Talata Mafara is covered by cropland (74%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
142 m
80 km
384 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kaura Namoda 57 km · Moriki 57 km · Gusau 79 km · Sokoto 104 km · Gummi 113 km · Gwadabawa 125 km · Guidan Roumdji 139 km · Madarounfa 144 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 Talata Mafara (12.5684°, 6.0622°, elevation 316 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).