Maiduguri, Nigeria climate

BWh Hot desert

Maiduguri has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 42°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 14°C at night. Precipitation totals about 347 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 140 mm while January barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 42°C in May.

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 14°C in January.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 347 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

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)

Maiduguri climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	34	39	42	42	40	36	33	36	39	36	31
Avg temp (°C)	22	25	30	33	34	34	31	28	30	31	27	23
Avg low (°C)	14	16	21	24	26	27	25	24	24	22	18	15
Precipitation (mm)	0	2	0	1	4	39	73	140	58	30	0	0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	34	39	42	42	40
Avg temp (°C)	22	25	30	33	34	34
Avg low (°C)	14	16	21	24	26	27
Precipitation (mm)	0	2	0	1	4	39

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	36	33	36	39	36	31
Avg temp (°C)	31	28	30	31	27	23
Avg low (°C)	25	24	24	22	18	15
Precipitation (mm)	73	140	58	30	0	0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	28	28	45	59	60	59	67	69	59	49	37	31
Relative humidity (%)	19	15	12	15	24	37	53	66	59	34	21	21
Wind speed (m/s)	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.2	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.3	2.1	2.4	3.5	3.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	28	28	45	59	60	59
Relative humidity (%)	19	15	12	15	24	37
Wind speed (m/s)	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.2	2.7	2.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	67	69	59	49	37	31
Relative humidity (%)	53	66	59	34	21	21
Wind speed (m/s)	3.0	2.3	2.1	2.4	3.5	3.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 22 years of daily observations at Diffa, a weather station, about 179 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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.

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