Climate averages 1991–2020

Kagoro weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kagoro: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafanchan (11 km away). In January its highs average 32.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kagoro, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kagoro ranks joint 111th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Kagoro is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Kagoro climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kagoro, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	31.5°C17.6°C	17.6°C	0.5	0.2	11.612 h
February	33.2°C19.3°C	19.3°C	2.1	0.6	11.812 h
March	34.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	13	2.5	12.112 h
April	32.8°C22.0°C	22.0°C	70	12.1	12.312 h
May	29.5°C21.5°C	21.5°C	189	24.8	12.613 h
June	27.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	260	28.1	12.713 h
July	25.4°C19.6°C	19.6°C	324	30.1	12.613 h
August	24.8°C19.3°C	19.3°C	396	30.1	12.412 h
September	26.4°C19.3°C	19.3°C	323	29.2	12.212 h
October	28.3°C19.2°C	19.2°C	167	20.4	11.912 h
November	30.8°C18.1°C	18.1°C	6.0	1.4	11.712 h
December	31.1°C17.8°C	17.8°C	0.6	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Kagoro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kagoro) is explained once on the Kagoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.