Lokoja, Nigeria climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Lokoja has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 35°C, while the coldest is August averaging around 22°C at night. Precipitation totals about 912 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 192 mm while January barely receives 2 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 35°C most of the year.

About 147 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 22°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 912 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Lokoja climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	35	35	34	32	30	29	29	29	30	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	26	28	30	29	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	26
Avg low (°C)	19	22	24	25	24	23	23	22	22	23	21	19
Precipitation (mm)	2	5	16	45	88	142	161	192	163	87	9	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	33	35	35	34	32	30
Avg temp (°C)	26	28	30	29	28	27
Avg low (°C)	19	22	24	25	24	23
Precipitation (mm)	2	5	16	45	88	142

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	30	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	26	26	26	26	27	26
Avg low (°C)	23	22	22	23	21	19
Precipitation (mm)	161	192	163	87	9	2

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	20	25	29	23	13	4	1	1	0.5	2	12	17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	20	25	29	23	13	4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	1	1	0.5	2	12	17

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	35	50	68	74	73	71	80	84	79	68	46	30
Relative humidity (%)	52	54	63	71	78	82	85	85	86	84	71	58
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.3	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	35	50	68	74	73	71
Relative humidity (%)	52	54	63	71	78	82
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.3	1.9	1.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	80	84	79	68	46	30
Relative humidity (%)	85	85	86	84	71	58
Wind speed (m/s)	1.9	1.9	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.4

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →