Climate averages 1991–2020

Sokoto weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Sokoto: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (82 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Sokoto, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks joint 109th 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; Sokoto is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 34.8°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

Sokoto climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sokoto, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	31.6°C17.7°C	17.7°C	0	0.0	11.411 h
February	34.8°C20.1°C	20.1°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March	38.5°C23.5°C	23.5°C	0.4	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.5°C26.6°C	26.6°C	2.6	0.9	12.412 h
May	39.4°C27.8°C	27.8°C	21	4.9	12.713 h
June	36.9°C26.7°C	26.7°C	33	8.0	12.913 h
July	33.1°C24.7°C	24.7°C	82	14.2	12.813 h
August	30.6°C23.5°C	23.5°C	171	18.8	12.613 h
September	32.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	68	9.2	12.212 h
October	35.7°C23.9°C	23.9°C	13	2.9	11.812 h
November	35.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
December	32.2°C18.6°C	18.6°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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Sokoto

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