Climate averages 1991–2020
Jega weather
in June.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Jega: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In June its highs average 36.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jega, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks 10th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 15th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Jega is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 113 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
Jega climate table
| 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, selected | 35.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 57 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 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.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Birnin Kebbi in JuneNigeria · 32 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Sokoto in JuneNigeria · 132 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Dosso in JuneNiger · 158 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in JuneNiger · 199 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Kontagora in JuneNigeria · 235 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Gusau in JuneNigeria · 248 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Niamey in JuneNiger · 285 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Tahoua in JuneNiger · 312 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 16 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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.