Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In April its highs average 35.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Gboko, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks 44th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 42nd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Gboko is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 15.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 192 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 191 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.712 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
April in nearby cities
- Makurdi in AprilNigeria · 70 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Wukari in AprilNigeria · 105 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Effium in AprilNigeria · 129 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AprilNigeria · 148 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Isieke in AprilNigeria · 149 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Ikom in AprilNigeria · 154 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AprilNigeria · 156 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 95 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 Gboko) is explained once on the Gboko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.