Jos Weather in August
Jos in August
The short of it: Jos in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 305 mm (12.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 17° · rain 305 mm · daylight 12 h 27 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Jos an average August high of 25°, a low of 17° and some 305 mm of rain. Jos's coldest stretch of the year, 25° by day and 17° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 305 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 27 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Jos runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Bukuru, 15 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Jos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 63 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BukuruPlateau State | 15 km SSW | 24° | 17° | 301 mm |
| VomPlateau State | 25 km SSW | 24° | 17° | 298 mm |
| LereBauchi | 55 km ESE | 26° | 19° | 300 mm |
| SaminakaKaduna State | 58 km NNW | 26° | 19° | 311 mm |
| LereKaduna State | 62 km NW | 26° | 19° | 314 mm |
| KagoroKaduna State | 66 km WSW | 26° | 19° | 344 mm |
| PanyamPlateau State | 68 km SSE | 24° | 17° | 303 mm |
| LameBauchi | 69 km NNE | 27° | 20° | 308 mm |