Climate averages 1991–2020

Pindiga weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Pindiga: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bauchi (127 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Pindiga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Pindiga ranks 107th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Pindiga is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Pindiga climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pindiga, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	31.9°C16.7°C	16.7°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
February	34.6°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0.2	0.1	11.812 h
March	37.5°C21.9°C	21.9°C	1.5	0.3	12.112 h
April	37.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	14	3.3	12.312 h
May	35.1°C24.6°C	24.6°C	46	9.1	12.613 h
June	32.4°C23.2°C	23.2°C	60	10.9	12.713 h
July	29.4°C21.9°C	21.9°C	122	17.7	12.613 h
August	27.6°C21.3°C	21.3°C	209	22.8	12.412 h
September	28.6°C21.5°C	21.5°C	108	16.5	12.212 h
October	31.2°C21.7°C	21.7°C	44	8.1	11.912 h
November	33.5°C19.9°C	19.9°C	1.2	0.2	11.712 h
December	32.0°C17.6°C	17.6°C	0.1	0.0	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

Distance from Pindiga

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