Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Minna: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In July its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Minna, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks 34th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 89th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Minna is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 279 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bida in JulyNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Suleja in JulyNigeria · 84 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 276 mm rain
- Kuje in JulyNigeria · 111 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 265 mm rain
- Abuja in JulyNigeria · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Kaduna in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Kontagora in JulyNigeria · 147 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Lafiagi in JulyNigeria · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Keffi in JulyNigeria · 169 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 228 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.