Climate averages 1991–2020

Chakwama weather
in November.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.4°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chakwama · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Chakwama: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Azare (59 km away). In November its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Chakwama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Chakwama ranks joint 22nd of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 11th of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 31.5°C; Chakwama is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

November 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 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, selected 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

November 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.