Abuja climate

Name: Abuja
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Abuja is warmest in March, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 21 °C. August is the wettest month (311 mm) and December the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abuja averages 1,377 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 2,690,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 36 °C
Coldest month December 21 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month August 311 mm
Least cloud December 29 % cloud
Hottest on record February 40 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectAbuja through the year

Abuja has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in December to 36 °C in March, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 216 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 311 mm against 1 mm in December — 267 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.0 °C	2 mm	35 %
February	35.3 °C	5 mm	42 %
March	35.8 °C	18 mm	59 %
April	34.0 °C	50 mm	69 %
May	31.1 °C	126 mm	77 %
June	28.7 °C	192 mm	81 %
July	27.2 °C	254 mm	87 %
August	26.7 °C	311 mm	89 %
September	28.0 °C	276 mm	84 %
October	29.6 °C	133 mm	73 %
November	32.4 °C	9 mm	47 %
December	33.6 °C	1 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.0 °C	21.0 °C	27.4 °C	37.7 °C	16.2 °C	31	31
February	35.3 °C	22.7 °C	29.0 °C	40.3 °C	18.1 °C	28	28
March	35.8 °C	24.2 °C	29.8 °C	40.2 °C	18.8 °C	31	31
April	34.0 °C	24.4 °C	28.9 °C	39.4 °C	20.0 °C	30	29
May	31.1 °C	23.4 °C	26.9 °C	37.6 °C	21.2 °C	31	21
June	28.7 °C	22.2 °C	25.1 °C	32.9 °C	19.7 °C	30	4
July	27.2 °C	21.4 °C	23.8 °C	31.1 °C	19.3 °C	28	0
August	26.7 °C	21.2 °C	23.4 °C	30.1 °C	19.3 °C	26	0
September	28.0 °C	21.3 °C	24.1 °C	31.7 °C	19.5 °C	29	2
October	29.6 °C	21.7 °C	25.1 °C	33.7 °C	18.7 °C	31	12
November	32.4 °C	21.5 °C	26.8 °C	36.4 °C	16.9 °C	30	28
December	33.6 °C	20.9 °C	27.2 °C	36.6 °C	16.0 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	12 h/day	35 %	29 %	11 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	32 %	11 km/h
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	59 %	46 %	11 km/h
April	50 mm	8	12 h/day	69 %	62 %	11 km/h
May	126 mm	17	13 h/day	77 %	76 %	10 km/h
June	192 mm	23	13 h/day	81 %	83 %	9.6 km/h
July	254 mm	28	13 h/day	87 %	87 %	9.9 km/h
August	311 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	9.9 km/h
September	276 mm	27	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	8.6 km/h
October	133 mm	20	12 h/day	73 %	81 %	7.9 km/h
November	9 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	55 %	8.7 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	33 %	11 km/h

How Abuja compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Abuja	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355
Suleja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,530 mm	355
Minna · Nigeria	38 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	361
Bida · Nigeria	38 °C	20 °C	922 mm	364
Kaduna · Nigeria	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352
Jos · Nigeria	32 °C	14 °C	1,183 mm	309
Makurdi · Nigeria	37 °C	22 °C	917 mm	364

Where Abuja ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	21stof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	25thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	31stof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	32ndof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	32ndof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	33rdof 50	34 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Abuja.

QuestionsCommon questions about Abuja’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abuja?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Abuja get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 216 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Abuja?

August, averaging 311 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,377 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Abuja rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.