Wukari weather in August

In August, Wukari sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 196 mm of rain across 25 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 29°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 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Wukari's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wukari's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 196 mm; 25 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:17 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Wukari reaches about 29°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 on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	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	29	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
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10	29	23
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15	29	23
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17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	30	23

How August really feels in Wukari

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.

Wukari 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° / 22°	1	0.2	11.6	3.2
Feb	37° / 24°	4	0.6	11.7	2.1
Mar	37° / 26°	12	1.9	11.9	1.5
Apr	36° / 26°	49	8	12.2	2.1
May	33° / 25°	105	14	12.4	2.9
Jun	31° / 24°	100	15.2	12.4	3.6
Jul	30° / 23°	134	21.4	12.4	3.5
Aug	29° / 23°	196	25	12.3	3.3
Sep	30° / 23°	184	23.7	12	3.1
Oct	31° / 23°	129	17.7	11.8	3.5
Nov	34° / 23°	14	2.5	11.6	3.7
Dec	35° / 22°	1	0.2	11.6	3.6

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 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wukari gets around 196 mm of rain over 25 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 80% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

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 96% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Oppressive (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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17	10	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:26 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)	12.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26

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

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 6.5 kWh/m² in February 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	4.3	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	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.3	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
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25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Wukari

In seasonPeak

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

Wukari's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Wukari sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Wukari?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wukari.

What to pack for Wukari in August

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

In August, Wukari sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Wukari 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 Wukari peaks around September 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	9	10	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Wukari 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 Wukari is worst in January — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× 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)	111	100	73	51	28	24	22	24	25	35	46	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	111	Unhealthy
Feb	100	Unhealthy
Mar	73	Unhealthy
Apr	51	Poor
May	28	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Wukari?

Wukari sits at 7.9°N, 9.8°E, 189 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ibi, 35 km away.

Topography around Wukari

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wukari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 751 m.

The land around Wukari is covered by cropland (48%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), shrubs (34%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

cropland 48%

16 km

104 m

cropland 38%

80 km

751 m

cropland 44%

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

August weather nearby: Ibi 35 km · Takum 71 km · Katsina-Ala 95 km · Gboko 105 km · Beli 132 km · Igbor 137 km · Makurdi 139 km · Obudu 150 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 Wukari (7.8714°, 9.7779°, elevation 189 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	29	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
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17	29	23
18	29	23
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24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100