Climate averages 1991–2020
Birnin Kebbi weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Birnin Kebbi: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jega (32 km away). In January its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Birnin Kebbi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Birnin Kebbi ranks joint 93rd of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Birnin Kebbi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Birnin Kebbi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.1°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 46 | 8.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 187 | 19.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 77 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Jega in JanuaryNigeria · 32 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Dosso in JanuaryNiger · 127 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Sokoto in JanuaryNigeria · 132 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in JanuaryNiger · 188 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Niamey in JanuaryNiger · 255 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kontagora in JanuaryNigeria · 267 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Gusau in JanuaryNigeria · 270 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tahoua in JanuaryNiger · 294 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 0 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Birnin Kebbi) is explained once on the Birnin Kebbi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.