Lafia Weather in August
Lafia in August
The short of it: Lafia in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 278 mm (10.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 23° · rain 278 mm · daylight 12 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & January
August in Lafia brings afternoons near 30° and nights around 23°, with about 278 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Lafia: highs scarcely reach 30°, nights fall to 23°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 278 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 24 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and January.
Against its neighbours, Lafia runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Doma, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Lafia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 86 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DomaNasarawa State | 21 km WSW | 30° | 23° | 272 mm |
| AkwangaNasarawa State | 48 km NNW | 28° | 21° | 338 mm |
| WambaNasarawa State | 51 km N | 28° | 22° | 349 mm |
| KeffiNasarawa State | 81 km WNW | 29° | 22° | 301 mm |
| MakurdiBenue State | 85 km S | 30° | 23° | 245 mm |
| NasarawaNasarawa State | 89 km W | 29° | 23° | 272 mm |
| KwollaPlateau State | 97 km ENE | 29° | 22° | 284 mm |
| BokkosPlateau State | 104 km NNE | 24° | 16° | 298 mm |