Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kontagora: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minna (147 km away). In July its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Kontagora, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks 33rd of 143 for the warmest July highs and 91st of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Kontagora is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 212 mm to 312 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Minna in JulyNigeria · 147 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Bida in JulyNigeria · 159 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Lafiagi in JulyNigeria · 172 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Kaduna in JulyNigeria · 216 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Kisi in JulyNigeria · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Suleja in JulyNigeria · 231 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 276 mm rain
- Jega in JulyNigeria · 235 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Ilorin in JulyNigeria · 235 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.