Gboko climate

Name: Gboko
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Gboko is warmest in February, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (194 mm) and December the driest (2.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gboko averages 992 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 365,000 · 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 February 36 °C
Coldest month December 22 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month August 194 mm
Least cloud December 37 % cloud
Hottest on record February 40 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectGboko through the year

Gboko has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in December to 36 °C in February, a swing of 5.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 238 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 194 mm against 2 mm in December — 79 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.7 °C	3 mm	45 %
February	36.1 °C	7 mm	53 %
March	35.9 °C	20 mm	71 %
April	34.0 °C	55 mm	81 %
May	31.7 °C	102 mm	85 %
June	29.7 °C	115 mm	84 %
July	28.5 °C	148 mm	88 %
August	28.2 °C	194 mm	90 %
September	28.8 °C	184 mm	88 %
October	29.6 °C	145 mm	85 %
November	31.9 °C	19 mm	64 %
December	34.0 °C	2 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.7 °C	22.4 °C	28.2 °C	38.3 °C	17.5 °C	31	31
February	36.1 °C	23.8 °C	29.7 °C	40.2 °C	19.2 °C	28	28
March	35.9 °C	25.2 °C	30.1 °C	40.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
April	34.0 °C	25.1 °C	29.0 °C	39.6 °C	22.4 °C	30	29
May	31.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.5 °C	37.6 °C	21.8 °C	31	26
June	29.7 °C	23.2 °C	26.0 °C	33.2 °C	21.2 °C	30	12
July	28.5 °C	22.4 °C	25.0 °C	31.8 °C	20.6 °C	30	3
August	28.2 °C	22.2 °C	24.7 °C	32.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	2
September	28.8 °C	22.4 °C	25.1 °C	32.0 °C	20.7 °C	29	5
October	29.6 °C	22.7 °C	25.7 °C	33.0 °C	20.4 °C	31	12
November	31.9 °C	22.8 °C	27.0 °C	36.0 °C	18.4 °C	30	27
December	34.0 °C	22.0 °C	27.7 °C	37.6 °C	17.7 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	12 h/day	45 %	34 %	16 km/h
February	7 mm	1	12 h/day	53 %	40 %	17 km/h
March	20 mm	3	12 h/day	71 %	56 %	18 km/h
April	55 mm	8	12 h/day	81 %	67 %	17 km/h
May	102 mm	15	12 h/day	85 %	75 %	15 km/h
June	115 mm	18	13 h/day	84 %	80 %	14 km/h
July	148 mm	22	13 h/day	88 %	82 %	14 km/h
August	194 mm	25	12 h/day	90 %	83 %	14 km/h
September	184 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	83 %	13 km/h
October	145 mm	19	12 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
November	19 mm	3	12 h/day	64 %	69 %	13 km/h
December	2 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	42 %	14 km/h

How Gboko 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
Gboko	36 °C	22 °C	992 mm	362
Makurdi · Nigeria	37 °C	22 °C	917 mm	364
Enugu · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,614 mm	363
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Bamenda · Cameroon	31 °C	15 °C	2,493 mm	231
Awka · Nigeria	35 °C	23 °C	1,492 mm	362
Abuja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355

Where Gboko ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	12th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	13th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	15th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	15th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	16th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	18th of 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gboko’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gboko?

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, February is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Gboko get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 238 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 22 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gboko?

August, averaging 194 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 992 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 Gboko 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: 7.323°, 9.001° (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.