Climate averages 1991–2020

Kontagora weather
in January.

A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a very hot month in Kontagora: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Minna (147 km away). In January its highs average 34.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kontagora, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks joint 45th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 30th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Kontagora is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 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

Kontagora climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kontagora, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	34.2°C19.9°C	19.9°C	0.3	0.0	11.612 h
February	36.4°C21.7°C	21.7°C	0.8	0.1	11.812 h
March	38.0°C23.8°C	23.8°C	3.6	1.1	12.112 h
April	37.4°C25.4°C	25.4°C	28	5.7	12.412 h
May	34.3°C24.9°C	24.9°C	81	12.6	12.613 h
June	31.1°C23.5°C	23.5°C	109	14.6	12.713 h
July	28.7°C22.3°C	22.3°C	212	24.3	12.713 h
August	27.8°C21.8°C	21.8°C	312	27.9	12.512 h
September	28.8°C22.0°C	22.0°C	192	23.0	12.212 h
October	30.8°C22.0°C	22.0°C	58	10.9	11.912 h
November	34.1°C20.6°C	20.6°C	0.7	0.2	11.712 h
December	34.1°C20.0°C	20.0°C	0.1	0.0	11.512 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 Kontagora

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