Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 11th 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In July its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Makurdi, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 40th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Makurdi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 211 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gboko in JulyNigeria · 70 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Lafia in JulyNigeria · 85 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Effium in JulyNigeria · 133 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Wukari in JulyNigeria · 139 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Keffi in JulyNigeria · 143 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JulyNigeria · 146 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Nsukka in JulyNigeria · 158 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Isieke in JulyNigeria · 160 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 207 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.