Climate averages 1991–2020

Daura weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 14.9°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Daura · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Daura: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th 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 32 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Potiskum (40 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Daura, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Daura ranks joint 129th 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; Daura is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Daura climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Daura, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 29.8°C14.9°C14.9°C00.011.512 h
February 33.0°C17.4°C17.4°C00.011.812 h
March 37.0°C21.0°C21.0°C0.30.112.112 h
April 38.9°C24.0°C24.0°C4.51.312.412 h
May 37.7°C25.2°C25.2°C225.712.613 h
June 35.0°C24.6°C24.6°C439.512.813 h
July 31.1°C22.8°C22.8°C12318.512.713 h
August 29.0°C21.8°C21.8°C18621.512.513 h
September 30.7°C22.2°C22.2°C7913.012.212 h
October 33.5°C21.8°C21.8°C194.111.912 h
November 33.2°C19.2°C19.2°C0.10.011.612 h
December 30.3°C15.9°C15.9°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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Daura

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