Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes June a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In June its highs average 30.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Gboko, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks 42nd of 143 for the warmest June highs and 29th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Gboko is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Makurdi in JuneNigeria · 70 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Wukari in JuneNigeria · 105 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Effium in JuneNigeria · 129 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Lafia in JuneNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JuneNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Isieke in JuneNigeria · 149 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Ikom in JuneNigeria · 154 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 321 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JuneNigeria · 156 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°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.