Climate averages 1991–2020
Maiduguri weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Maiduguri: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bama (68 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Maiduguri, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Maiduguri ranks 8th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 10th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Maiduguri is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 189 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
Maiduguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 22 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 35 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| July, selected | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 104 | 16.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 189 | 21.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 82 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Bama in JulyNigeria · 68 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Gamboru in JulyNigeria · 128 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Biu in JulyNigeria · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Mubi in JulyNigeria · 176 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Maroua in JulyCameroon · 188 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Daura in JulyNigeria · 193 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 123 mm rain
- N'Djamena in JulyChad · 207 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Potiskum in JulyNigeria · 226 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 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 Maiduguri) is explained once on the Maiduguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.