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Abuja in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Abuja is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Abuja is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 96% of days
Daylight
12h 24mon average

Is August a good time to visit Abuja?

Yes. August is one of Abuja's best months (July to September, or November to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in August, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

96% of days in August, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in August, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 24m in August, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July85°29°low 71°low 22°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August84°29°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September86°30°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Abuja sits, in August

Africa/Lagos
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:22 AMsets 6:48 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in August

high · low · wet days
  • Lagos83°28° · 75°24° 5
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Abuja

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.