Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in June.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Jos: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In June its highs average 29.1°C, 2.3°C warmer than Jos, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 95th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Jos is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 223 mm to 264 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Lere in JuneNigeria · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Kagoro in JuneNigeria · 66 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JuneNigeria · 76 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 184 mm rain
- Bauchi in JuneNigeria · 113 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Keffi in JuneNigeria · 164 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Lafia in JuneNigeria · 165 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Kaduna in JuneNigeria · 172 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Abuja in JuneNigeria · 181 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 195 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.