Climate averages 1991–2020

Nguru weather
in February.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 16.7°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 Nguru: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gashua (63 km away). In February its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Nguru, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nguru ranks joint 102nd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Nguru is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 37.5°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

Nguru climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nguru, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.8°C14.2°C	14.2°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
February, selected	33.2°C16.7°C	16.7°C	0	0.0	11.712 h
March	37.5°C20.6°C	20.6°C	0.3	0.1	12.112 h
April	40.5°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.6	0.3	12.412 h
May	40.3°C25.6°C	25.6°C	9.9	2.4	12.713 h
June	38.3°C26.1°C	26.1°C	18	4.7	12.913 h
July	34.1°C24.5°C	24.5°C	75	12.9	12.813 h
August	31.1°C23.2°C	23.2°C	147	17.1	12.513 h
September	33.8°C23.6°C	23.6°C	45	7.2	12.212 h
October	36.5°C22.5°C	22.5°C	7.2	1.9	11.912 h
November	34.1°C19.0°C	19.0°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
December	30.5°C15.2°C	15.2°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 Nguru

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 Nguru) is explained once on the Nguru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.