Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Makurdi: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In June its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Makurdi, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 31st of 143 for the warmest June highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Makurdi is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Gboko in JuneNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Lafia in JuneNigeria · 85 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Effium in JuneNigeria · 133 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Wukari in JuneNigeria · 139 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Keffi in JuneNigeria · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JuneNigeria · 146 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Nsukka in JuneNigeria · 158 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Isieke in JuneNigeria · 160 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 223 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.