Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Kontagora: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minna (147 km away). In June its highs average 30.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kontagora, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks 26th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 27th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Kontagora is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 212 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
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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Minna in JuneNigeria · 147 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Bida in JuneNigeria · 159 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Lafiagi in JuneNigeria · 172 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Kaduna in JuneNigeria · 216 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kisi in JuneNigeria · 230 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Suleja in JuneNigeria · 231 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Jega in JuneNigeria · 235 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Ilorin in JuneNigeria · 235 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 115 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.