Climate averages 1991–2020

Gusau weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 15.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Gusau: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 1.8°C cooler than Gusau, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks joint 122nd of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 30th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Gusau is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gusau climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gusau, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	30.7°C15.6°C	15.6°C	0.3	0.0	11.511 h
February	33.8°C17.7°C	17.7°C	0	0.0	11.712 h
March	37.3°C20.8°C	20.8°C	0.3	0.1	12.112 h
April	38.8°C24.1°C	24.1°C	6.7	1.8	12.412 h
May	37.1°C25.3°C	25.3°C	39	7.1	12.713 h
June	34.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	67	11.2	12.813 h
July	30.4°C22.6°C	22.6°C	116	17.9	12.813 h
August	28.6°C21.8°C	21.8°C	202	22.8	12.513 h
September	30.2°C22.0°C	22.0°C	114	15.8	12.212 h
October	32.9°C21.1°C	21.1°C	30	5.4	11.912 h
November	33.3°C18.1°C	18.1°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
December	31.0°C16.1°C	16.1°C	0	0.0	11.411 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

Distance from Gusau

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gusau) is explained once on the Gusau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.