Gombe climate

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Gombe is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. August is the wettest month (166 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gombe averages 431 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 560,000 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 166 mm
Least cloud December 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectGombe through the year

Gombe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 7.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 282 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 166 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.5 °C	0 mm	32 %
February	34.4 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
March	37.5 °C	under 1 mm	50 %
April	38.1 °C	8 mm	59 %
May	36.3 °C	24 mm	61 %
June	33.6 °C	43 mm	62 %
July	30.4 °C	99 mm	75 %
August	28.4 °C	166 mm	83 %
September	29.7 °C	70 mm	72 %
October	32.7 °C	20 mm	57 %
November	33.9 °C	under 1 mm	42 %
December	31.9 °C	0 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.5 °C	16.0 °C	23.8 °C	38.2 °C	10.3 °C	31	20
February	34.4 °C	18.3 °C	26.5 °C	40.5 °C	12.6 °C	28	27
March	37.5 °C	21.5 °C	29.7 °C	41.3 °C	14.5 °C	31	31
April	38.1 °C	24.5 °C	31.3 °C	41.8 °C	16.7 °C	30	30
May	36.3 °C	25.0 °C	30.3 °C	40.9 °C	17.3 °C	31	31
June	33.6 °C	23.8 °C	28.3 °C	39.0 °C	20.4 °C	30	28
July	30.4 °C	22.3 °C	25.9 °C	37.1 °C	20.2 °C	31	16
August	28.4 °C	21.6 °C	24.5 °C	33.2 °C	19.1 °C	30	5
September	29.7 °C	21.9 °C	25.4 °C	35.2 °C	19.2 °C	30	13
October	32.7 °C	22.0 °C	27.1 °C	37.3 °C	15.6 °C	31	28
November	33.9 °C	19.5 °C	26.7 °C	37.6 °C	12.9 °C	30	30
December	31.9 °C	16.8 °C	24.3 °C	36.8 °C	11.5 °C	31	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	20 %	14 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	16 %	15 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	50 %	18 %	15 km/h
April	8 mm	2	12 h/day	59 %	36 %	17 km/h
May	24 mm	5	13 h/day	61 %	54 %	18 km/h
June	43 mm	8	13 h/day	62 %	64 %	18 km/h
July	99 mm	15	13 h/day	75 %	75 %	17 km/h
August	166 mm	20	12 h/day	83 %	82 %	16 km/h
September	70 mm	12	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h
October	20 mm	4	12 h/day	57 %	64 %	14 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	30 %	13 km/h
December	0 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	23 %	14 km/h

How Gombe 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
Gombe	38 °C	16 °C	431 mm	363
Bauchi · Nigeria	37 °C	13 °C	1,052 mm	361
Yola · Nigeria	40 °C	20 °C	588 mm	365
Chakwama · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	633 mm	362
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359
Jos · Nigeria	32 °C	14 °C	1,183 mm	309
Maiduguri · Nigeria	40 °C	16 °C	444 mm	364

Where Gombe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	6thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	6thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	6thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	6thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	14thof 50	0.08 mm
The driest places in the world in November	15thof 50	0.08 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Gombe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gombe?

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 Gombe get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 282 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gombe?

August, averaging 166 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 431 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 Gombe 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.