Climate averages 1991–2020
Keffi weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Keffi: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abuja (48 km away). In January its highs average 34.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Keffi, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Keffi ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Keffi is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 4.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Keffi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 110 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 169 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 228 | 27.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 279 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 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
- Abuja in JanuaryNigeria · 48 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Kuje in JanuaryNigeria · 71 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Lafia in JanuaryNigeria · 81 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Suleja in JanuaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JanuaryNigeria · 94 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kagoro in JanuaryNigeria · 102 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Makurdi in JanuaryNigeria · 143 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Jos in JanuaryNigeria · 164 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 0 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 Keffi) is explained once on the Keffi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.