Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Lafia: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In November its highs average 33.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lafia, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 20th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 34th of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 31.5°C; Lafia is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.8 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Keffi in NovemberNigeria · 81 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Makurdi in NovemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Kafanchan in NovemberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kagoro in NovemberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Abuja in NovemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Gboko in NovemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Kuje in NovemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Wukari in NovemberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 14 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.