Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In September its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gboko, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 40th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 47th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Gboko is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Makurdi in SeptemberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Wukari in SeptemberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Effium in SeptemberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Abakaliki in SeptemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Isieke in SeptemberNigeria · 149 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Ikom in SeptemberNigeria · 154 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 356 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in SeptemberNigeria · 156 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 245 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.