Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lafia: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lafia, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks 30th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 53rd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Lafia is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 252 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Keffi in JulyNigeria · 81 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Makurdi in JulyNigeria · 85 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 172 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JulyNigeria · 123 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Kagoro in JulyNigeria · 125 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Abuja in JulyNigeria · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Gboko in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Kuje in JulyNigeria · 148 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 265 mm rain
- Wukari in JulyNigeria · 155 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 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.