Bida climate

Name: Bida
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Bida is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 20 °C. August is the wettest month (235 mm) and January the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bida averages 922 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 400,000 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month December 20 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 235 mm
Least cloud December 27 % cloud
Hottest on record February 42 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectBida through the year

Bida has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in December to 38 °C in March, a swing of 6.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 285 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 235 mm against 0 mm in January — 782 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	35.4 °C	under 1 mm	33 %
February	37.1 °C	2 mm	40 %
March	38.2 °C	6 mm	57 %
April	37.3 °C	29 mm	66 %
May	34.5 °C	73 mm	71 %
June	31.4 °C	116 mm	75 %
July	29.4 °C	187 mm	81 %
August	28.7 °C	235 mm	85 %
September	29.5 °C	201 mm	80 %
October	30.9 °C	71 mm	67 %
November	34.2 °C	1 mm	44 %
December	35.0 °C	under 1 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	35.4 °C	20.0 °C	28.1 °C	39.3 °C	14.9 °C	31	31
February	37.1 °C	22.1 °C	30.1 °C	41.7 °C	15.4 °C	28	28
March	38.2 °C	24.9 °C	31.8 °C	41.4 °C	17.7 °C	31	31
April	37.3 °C	26.1 °C	31.5 °C	41.4 °C	19.1 °C	30	30
May	34.5 °C	25.5 °C	29.7 °C	39.6 °C	22.4 °C	31	31
June	31.4 °C	24.1 °C	27.5 °C	37.1 °C	22.0 °C	30	25
July	29.4 °C	23.2 °C	25.9 °C	34.7 °C	21.4 °C	31	11
August	28.7 °C	23.0 °C	25.5 °C	31.8 °C	21.4 °C	30	4
September	29.5 °C	23.0 °C	25.9 °C	32.5 °C	20.9 °C	30	11
October	30.9 °C	23.1 °C	26.9 °C	35.6 °C	19.1 °C	31	22
November	34.2 °C	21.8 °C	28.2 °C	37.6 °C	16.9 °C	30	30
December	35.0 °C	20.0 °C	27.8 °C	37.8 °C	14.5 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	30 %	11 km/h
February	2 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	33 %	12 km/h
March	6 mm	1	12 h/day	57 %	45 %	14 km/h
April	29 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	56 %	15 km/h
May	73 mm	12	13 h/day	71 %	67 %	13 km/h
June	116 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	11 km/h
July	187 mm	22	13 h/day	81 %	82 %	11 km/h
August	235 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	10 km/h
September	201 mm	21	12 h/day	80 %	84 %	9.5 km/h
October	71 mm	11	12 h/day	67 %	80 %	9.0 km/h
November	1 mm	0	12 h/day	44 %	56 %	9.1 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	35 %	10 km/h

How Bida 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
Bida	38 °C	20 °C	922 mm	364
Minna · Nigeria	38 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	361
Suleja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,530 mm	355
Abuja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352
Okene · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,136 mm	359
Ilorin · Nigeria	37 °C	20 °C	789 mm	361

Where Bida ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	3rdof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	3rdof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	4thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	4thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	5thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	5thof 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bida’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bida?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bida get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 285 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 20 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bida?

August, averaging 235 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 922 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 Bida 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.