Bauchi climate

Name: Bauchi
Address: NG

Bauchi is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (317 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bauchi averages 1,052 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 693,700 · 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 April 37 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 317 mm
Least cloud December 27 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 7.5 °C

What to expectBauchi through the year

Bauchi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 8.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 213 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 317 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.9 °C	0 mm	32 %
February	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
March	35.9 °C	1 mm	50 %
April	37.1 °C	17 mm	60 %
May	34.9 °C	69 mm	64 %
June	31.0 °C	150 mm	63 %
July	28.4 °C	262 mm	74 %
August	27.5 °C	317 mm	82 %
September	28.5 °C	182 mm	72 %
October	30.4 °C	53 mm	59 %
November	31.7 °C	under 1 mm	42 %
December	30.0 °C	0 mm	27 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.9 °C	13.0 °C	21.6 °C	36.3 °C	7.5 °C	30	15
February	32.7 °C	15.1 °C	24.2 °C	38.9 °C	8.5 °C	28	23
March	35.9 °C	18.2 °C	27.6 °C	39.6 °C	11.4 °C	31	31
April	37.1 °C	21.8 °C	29.7 °C	41.5 °C	14.1 °C	30	30
May	34.9 °C	22.8 °C	28.6 °C	40.1 °C	15.5 °C	31	29
June	31.0 °C	21.9 °C	26.0 °C	37.5 °C	18.0 °C	30	19
July	28.4 °C	20.8 °C	24.0 °C	34.2 °C	18.3 °C	30	3
August	27.5 °C	20.4 °C	23.4 °C	30.0 °C	17.9 °C	29	0
September	28.5 °C	20.4 °C	24.0 °C	31.8 °C	18.4 °C	30	3
October	30.4 °C	19.7 °C	24.8 °C	34.3 °C	13.9 °C	31	19
November	31.7 °C	16.4 °C	24.1 °C	35.5 °C	10.7 °C	30	26
December	30.0 °C	13.6 °C	22.0 °C	34.6 °C	7.9 °C	31	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	26 %	12 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	21 %	13 km/h
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	50 %	20 %	13 km/h
April	17 mm	4	12 h/day	60 %	37 %	13 km/h
May	69 mm	11	13 h/day	64 %	59 %	13 km/h
June	150 mm	20	13 h/day	63 %	75 %	11 km/h
July	262 mm	26	13 h/day	74 %	83 %	10 km/h
August	317 mm	28	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	10 km/h
September	182 mm	23	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	9.7 km/h
October	53 mm	9	12 h/day	59 %	72 %	10 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	38 %	12 km/h
December	0 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	30 %	12 km/h

How Bauchi 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
Bauchi	37 °C	13 °C	1,052 mm	361
Jos · Nigeria	32 °C	14 °C	1,183 mm	309
Chakwama · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	633 mm	362
Gombe · Nigeria	38 °C	16 °C	431 mm	363
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Kaduna · Nigeria	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352

Where Bauchi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	5th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	5th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	27th of 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in the world in November	28th of 50	0.5 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bauchi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bauchi?

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

How hot does Bauchi get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 213 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bauchi?

August, averaging 317 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,052 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 Bauchi 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
Data point: 10.310°, 9.844° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.