Zaria Weather in August
Zaria in August
The short of it: Zaria in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 300 mm (11.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 29 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 28° · low 20° · rain 300 mm · daylight 12 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
August in Zaria brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 20°, with about 300 mm of rain over the month. Zaria's coldest stretch of the year, 28° by day and 20° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 300 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 29 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, 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, Zaria runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Hunkuyi, 19 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Zaria, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 93 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HunkuyiKaduna State | 19 km NNW | 27° | 20° | 292 mm |
| IgabiKaduna State | 34 km S | 27° | 20° | 310 mm |
| DanjaKatsina State | 34 km NNW | 27° | 20° | 289 mm |
| SobaKaduna State | 39 km ESE | 27° | 20° | 314 mm |
| BakoriKatsina State | 59 km NNW | 28° | 20° | 284 mm |
| Dutsen WaiKaduna State | 60 km ESE | 27° | 20° | 317 mm |
| FuntuaKatsina State | 64 km NW | 28° | 20° | 284 mm |
| Dan GoraKano State | 66 km NE | 28° | 21° | 298 mm |