Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In July its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gboko, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 23rd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Gboko is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 192 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Makurdi in JulyNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 172 mm rain
- Wukari in JulyNigeria · 105 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Effium in JulyNigeria · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Lafia in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JulyNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Isieke in JulyNigeria · 149 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Ikom in JulyNigeria · 154 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 296 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JulyNigeria · 156 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 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.