Climate averages 1991–2020

Jos weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.9°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 18.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 264 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Jos: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In July its highs average 27.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Jos, with 178 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest July highs and 117th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Jos is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 264 mm to 306 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

Jos climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jos, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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.

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July in nearby cities

Distance from Jos

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