Climate averages 1991–2020

Jega 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.

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 113 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Jega: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In July its highs average 32.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Jega, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks joint 12th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Jega is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 216 mm.

The annual picture

July 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

Jega climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jega, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	33.2°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
February	36.2°C21.0°C	21.0°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March	39.3°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.3°C26.6°C	26.6°C	5.9	1.3	12.412 h
May	38.2°C27.3°C	27.3°C	34	6.4	12.713 h
June	35.3°C25.9°C	25.9°C	57	9.5	12.813 h
July, selected	31.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	113	16.5	12.813 h
August	30.0°C23.3°C	23.3°C	216	21.0	12.513 h
September	31.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	96	11.8	12.212 h
October	34.7°C23.8°C	23.8°C	20	4.2	11.912 h
November	35.9°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
December	33.8°C19.5°C	19.5°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.

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July in nearby cities

Distance from Jega

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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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.