Chakwama climate

Name: Chakwama
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Chakwama is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (235 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chakwama averages 633 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · 400 m elevation · population 200,000 · 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 April 39 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 235 mm
Least cloud December 25 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 8.2 °C

What to expectChakwama through the year

Chakwama has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 288 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 235 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.7 °C	0 mm	28 %
February	33.0 °C	under 1 mm	31 %
March	36.8 °C	under 1 mm	42 %
April	38.9 °C	3 mm	51 %
May	37.9 °C	28 mm	53 %
June	34.8 °C	65 mm	56 %
July	31.1 °C	162 mm	70 %
August	29.5 °C	235 mm	78 %
September	31.0 °C	116 mm	66 %
October	33.6 °C	24 mm	49 %
November	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
December	30.3 °C	under 1 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.7 °C	13.8 °C	21.7 °C	37.7 °C	8.2 °C	29	14
February	33.0 °C	16.2 °C	24.6 °C	40.1 °C	9.8 °C	28	22
March	36.8 °C	19.6 °C	28.5 °C	42.0 °C	12.5 °C	31	31
April	38.9 °C	23.1 °C	31.3 °C	43.3 °C	14.3 °C	30	30
May	37.9 °C	24.9 °C	31.3 °C	41.7 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
June	34.8 °C	24.4 °C	29.1 °C	40.2 °C	19.9 °C	30	29
July	31.1 °C	22.9 °C	26.5 °C	36.5 °C	19.6 °C	31	22
August	29.5 °C	22.1 °C	25.3 °C	33.3 °C	20.1 °C	30	13
September	31.0 °C	22.4 °C	26.2 °C	35.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	22
October	33.6 °C	21.4 °C	27.2 °C	37.7 °C	14.5 °C	31	30
November	33.3 °C	17.8 °C	25.5 °C	37.9 °C	11.8 °C	30	28
December	30.3 °C	14.6 °C	22.4 °C	36.8 °C	9.1 °C	31	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	22 %	12 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	17 %	12 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	16 %	13 km/h
April	3 mm	1	12 h/day	51 %	27 %	13 km/h
May	28 mm	6	13 h/day	53 %	46 %	14 km/h
June	65 mm	11	13 h/day	56 %	62 %	13 km/h
July	162 mm	21	13 h/day	70 %	75 %	12 km/h
August	235 mm	24	13 h/day	78 %	81 %	12 km/h
September	116 mm	15	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	11 km/h
October	24 mm	4	12 h/day	49 %	57 %	11 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	28 %	11 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	25 %	11 km/h

How Chakwama 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
Chakwama	39 °C	14 °C	633 mm	362
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Bauchi · Nigeria	37 °C	13 °C	1,052 mm	361
Jos · Nigeria	32 °C	14 °C	1,183 mm	309
Gombe · Nigeria	38 °C	16 °C	431 mm	363
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Zinder · Niger	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358

Where Chakwama ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in January	11thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	11thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	13thof 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in the world in November	13thof 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	18thof 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in December	18thof 50	0.00 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Chakwama’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chakwama?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, 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 Chakwama get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 288 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Chakwama?

August, averaging 235 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 633 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 Chakwama 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.