Climate averages 1991–2020
Potiskum weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Potiskum: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daura (40 km away). In July its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Potiskum, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Potiskum ranks 15th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 20th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Potiskum is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 202 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
Potiskum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 23 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 43 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July, selected | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 202 | 22.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Daura in JulyNigeria · 40 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 123 mm rain
- Azare in JulyNigeria · 97 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Gashua in JulyNigeria · 129 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Hadejia in JulyNigeria · 140 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Nguru in JulyNigeria · 146 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Chakwama in JulyNigeria · 155 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Biu in JulyNigeria · 172 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Pindiga in JulyNigeria · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 122 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 Potiskum) is explained once on the Potiskum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.