Climate averages 1991–2020

Lere weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.4°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 14.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Lere: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th 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 35 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (62 km away). In January its highs average 27.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Lere, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lere ranks 138th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Lere is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lere climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lere, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	29.4°C14.1°C	14.1°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
February	32.0°C16.0°C	16.0°C	1.2	0.2	11.812 h
March	34.7°C18.8°C	18.8°C	2.3	0.6	12.112 h
April	34.9°C21.7°C	21.7°C	28	5.9	12.412 h
May	32.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	98	16.4	12.613 h
June	29.1°C20.8°C	20.8°C	148	22.6	12.713 h
July	27.0°C19.9°C	19.9°C	178	25.7	12.713 h
August	26.3°C19.5°C	19.5°C	257	27.4	12.512 h
September	27.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	203	25.9	12.212 h
October	29.4°C18.6°C	18.6°C	72	11.6	11.912 h
November	30.5°C15.8°C	15.8°C	0.4	0.1	11.712 h
December	29.3°C14.3°C	14.3°C	0.4	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Lere

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lere) is explained once on the Lere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.