Climate averages 1991–2020
Yola weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Yola: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th 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 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimeta (8 km away). In January its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Yola, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yola ranks joint 30th 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; Yola is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Yola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 67 | 11.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 109 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 51 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 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
- Jimeta in JanuaryNigeria · 8 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Numan in JanuaryNigeria · 57 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Jalingo in JanuaryNigeria · 128 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Mubi in JanuaryNigeria · 146 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Biu in JanuaryNigeria · 159 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Guider in JanuaryCameroon · 180 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Pindiga in JanuaryNigeria · 189 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in JanuaryCameroon · 242 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 0 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 Yola) is explained once on the Yola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Jimeta lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.