Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau weather
in June.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Gusau: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In June its highs average 30.6°C, 3.4°C cooler than Gusau, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks 19th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 18th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Gusau is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 116 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
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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Funtua in JuneNigeria · 101 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Malumfashi in JuneNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Katsina in JuneNigeria · 137 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Maradi in JuneNiger · 155 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Zaria in JuneNigeria · 165 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Sokoto in JuneNigeria · 183 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaduna in JuneNigeria · 201 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kano in JuneNigeria · 202 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 72 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.