Makurdi, Nigeria climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Makurdi has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 18°C at night. Precipitation totals about 992 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 222 mm while January barely receives 1 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

About 82 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 992 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)

Makurdi climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	33	33	32	31	30	29	28	29	29	30	30
Avg temp (°C)	24	27	28	28	27	26	26	25	26	26	26	24
Avg low (°C)	18	20	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	23	21	18
Precipitation (mm)	1	5	15	47	99	133	184	222	181	95	9	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	33	33	32	31	30
Avg temp (°C)	24	27	28	28	27	26
Avg low (°C)	18	20	23	24	24	23
Precipitation (mm)	1	5	15	47	99	133

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	29	28	29	29	30	30
Avg temp (°C)	26	25	26	26	26	24
Avg low (°C)	23	22	22	23	21	18
Precipitation (mm)	184	222	181	95	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)	10	19	22	14	5	1	0.2	—	—	0.2	4	6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	10	19	22	14	5	1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.2	—	—	0.2	4	6

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	35	47	69	78	77	73	80	85	80	70	45	28
Relative humidity (%)	57	59	72	79	83	86	87	88	88	87	76	63
Wind speed (m/s)	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	35	47	69	78	77	73
Relative humidity (%)	57	59	72	79	83	86
Wind speed (m/s)	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.1	2.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	80	85	80	70	45	28
Relative humidity (%)	87	88	88	87	76	63
Wind speed (m/s)	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.9

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.

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