Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 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 Lafia: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd 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 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In January its highs average 34.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lafia, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 5th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 35th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Lafia is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.9 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Keffi in JanuaryNigeria · 81 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Makurdi in JanuaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JanuaryNigeria · 123 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kagoro in JanuaryNigeria · 125 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Abuja in JanuaryNigeria · 128 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Gboko in JanuaryNigeria · 141 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kuje in JanuaryNigeria · 148 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Wukari in JanuaryNigeria · 155 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.