Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokoto weather
in July.
A hot, moderately 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 Sokoto: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (82 km away). In July its highs average 34.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Sokoto, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks 4th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Sokoto is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 171 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
Sokoto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Birni N Konni in JulyNiger · 82 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in JulyNigeria · 132 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Jega in JulyNigeria · 132 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Gusau in JulyNigeria · 183 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Tahoua in JulyNiger · 203 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Maradi in JulyNiger · 207 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Dosso in JulyNiger · 222 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Katsina in JulyNigeria · 256 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 100 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 Sokoto) is explained once on the Sokoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.