Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Makurdi: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In November its highs average 31.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Makurdi, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks 32nd of 143 for the warmest November highs and 41st of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 31.5°C; Makurdi is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.2 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Gboko in NovemberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Lafia in NovemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Effium in NovemberNigeria · 133 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Wukari in NovemberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Keffi in NovemberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in NovemberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Nsukka in NovemberNigeria · 158 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Isieke in NovemberNigeria · 160 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 42 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.