Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gusau: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Gusau, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks 19th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Gusau is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 202 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
Gusau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Funtua in JulyNigeria · 101 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Malumfashi in JulyNigeria · 112 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Katsina in JulyNigeria · 137 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Maradi in JulyNiger · 155 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Zaria in JulyNigeria · 165 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Sokoto in JulyNigeria · 183 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Kaduna in JulyNigeria · 201 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Kano in JulyNigeria · 202 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 164 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 Gusau) is explained once on the Gusau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.