Climate averages 1991–2020

Bida weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 23.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 185 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bida · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Bida: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lafiagi (70 km away). In July its highs average 30.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bida, with 195 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks 21st of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 53rd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Bida is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 238 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bida climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bida, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 35.5°C20.1°C20.1°C0.30.111.712 h
February 37.3°C22.1°C22.1°C1.80.311.812 h
March 38.3°C25.0°C25.0°C6.41.412.112 h
April 37.5°C26.2°C26.2°C295.712.312 h
May 34.6°C25.6°C25.6°C7512.212.513 h
June 31.5°C24.2°C24.2°C12017.112.613 h
July, selected 29.6°C23.3°C23.3°C18522.712.613 h
August 28.8°C23.0°C23.0°C23823.812.412 h
September 29.6°C23.1°C23.1°C21122.012.212 h
October 31.0°C23.2°C23.2°C7511.711.912 h
November 34.3°C21.9°C21.9°C1.60.511.712 h
December 35.1°C20.1°C20.1°C0.40.111.612 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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July in nearby cities

Distance from Bida

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.