Climate averages 1991–2020

Malumfashi weather
in February.

A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Malumfashi: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (45 km away). In February its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Malumfashi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Malumfashi ranks joint 131st of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Malumfashi is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Malumfashi climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Malumfashi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.6°C13.8°C	13.8°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
February, selected	31.7°C15.8°C	15.8°C	0.1	0.0	11.712 h
March	35.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.112 h
April	37.1°C22.0°C	22.0°C	7.4	2.0	12.412 h
May	35.5°C23.5°C	23.5°C	51	8.6	12.713 h
June	32.2°C22.6°C	22.6°C	87	14.6	12.813 h
July	29.0°C21.3°C	21.3°C	148	21.5	12.713 h
August	27.7°C20.7°C	20.7°C	226	25.8	12.513 h
September	29.3°C20.9°C	20.9°C	144	20.4	12.212 h
October	31.5°C19.7°C	19.7°C	37	6.5	11.912 h
November	31.5°C16.5°C	16.5°C	0.1	0.0	11.612 h
December	29.0°C14.2°C	14.2°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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Malumfashi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Malumfashi) is explained once on the Malumfashi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.