Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 9th 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 Lafia: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In June its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Lafia, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 35th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Lafia is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 185 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
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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Keffi in JuneNigeria · 81 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Makurdi in JuneNigeria · 85 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JuneNigeria · 123 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 184 mm rain
- Kagoro in JuneNigeria · 125 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Abuja in JuneNigeria · 128 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 195 mm rain
- Gboko in JuneNigeria · 141 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Kuje in JuneNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 207 mm rain
- Wukari in JuneNigeria · 155 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 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.