Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Minna: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°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 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In January its highs average 35.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Minna, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Minna is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.4 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 128 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 211 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 279 | 27.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 253 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 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
- Bida in JanuaryNigeria · 84 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Suleja in JanuaryNigeria · 84 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kuje in JanuaryNigeria · 111 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Abuja in JanuaryNigeria · 121 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Kaduna in JanuaryNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kontagora in JanuaryNigeria · 147 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Lafiagi in JanuaryNigeria · 150 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Keffi in JanuaryNigeria · 169 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.0 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 Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.