Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In January its highs average 35.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gboko, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 20th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 46th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Gboko is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 8.1 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Makurdi in JanuaryNigeria · 70 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Wukari in JanuaryNigeria · 105 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Effium in JanuaryNigeria · 129 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Lafia in JanuaryNigeria · 141 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JanuaryNigeria · 148 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Isieke in JanuaryNigeria · 149 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Ikom in JanuaryNigeria · 154 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JanuaryNigeria · 156 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 3.9 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.