Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Makurdi: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th 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 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In January its highs average 34.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Makurdi, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 5th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Makurdi is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.8 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 90 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 172 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in JanuaryNigeria · 70 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Lafia in JanuaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Effium in JanuaryNigeria · 133 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Wukari in JanuaryNigeria · 139 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Keffi in JanuaryNigeria · 143 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JanuaryNigeria · 146 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Nsukka in JanuaryNigeria · 158 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Isieke in JanuaryNigeria · 160 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.4 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 Makurdi) is explained once on the Makurdi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.