Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Jos: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In February its highs average 32.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Jos, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Jos is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 4.6 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February, selected | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
February in nearby cities
- Lere in FebruaryNigeria · 62 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kagoro in FebruaryNigeria · 66 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Kafanchan in FebruaryNigeria · 76 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Bauchi in FebruaryNigeria · 113 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Keffi in FebruaryNigeria · 164 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Lafia in FebruaryNigeria · 165 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Kaduna in FebruaryNigeria · 172 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Abuja in FebruaryNigeria · 181 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.3 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.