Climate averages 1991–2020

Chakwama weather
in June.

A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.9°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 65 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a very hot month in Chakwama: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Azare (59 km away). In June its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Chakwama, with 46 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Chakwama ranks 14th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 17th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Chakwama is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 166 mm.

The annual picture

June 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. 1015202530354045 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

Chakwama climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chakwama, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.8°C13.9°C13.9°C00.011.512 h
February 33.1°C16.2°C16.2°C0.10.011.812 h
March 36.9°C19.7°C19.7°C0.30.112.112 h
April 39.1°C23.1°C23.1°C2.81.012.412 h
May 38.0°C24.9°C24.9°C296.112.713 h
June, selected 34.9°C24.4°C24.4°C6512.012.813 h
July 31.1°C22.9°C22.9°C16621.812.713 h
August 29.5°C22.2°C22.2°C24524.912.513 h
September 31.0°C22.4°C22.4°C11716.012.212 h
October 33.7°C21.4°C21.4°C244.311.912 h
November 33.4°C18.0°C18.0°C0.10.011.612 h
December 30.4°C14.8°C14.8°C00.011.511 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Chakwama

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 Chakwama) is explained once on the Chakwama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.