Gusau climate

Name: Gusau
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Gusau is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. August is the wettest month (191 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gusau averages 553 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 226,857 · 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 16 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 191 mm
Least cloud December 24 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 9.6 °C

What to expectGusau through the year

Gusau has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 279 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 December to 191 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.6 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
February	33.7 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
March	37.2 °C	under 1 mm	40 %
April	38.8 °C	7 mm	48 %
May	37.1 °C	38 mm	52 %
June	33.9 °C	64 mm	53 %
July	30.4 °C	112 mm	71 %
August	28.6 °C	191 mm	79 %
September	30.2 °C	111 mm	65 %
October	32.9 °C	30 mm	47 %
November	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	33 %
December	31.0 °C	0 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.6 °C	15.6 °C	22.6 °C	38.2 °C	9.6 °C	30	17
February	33.7 °C	17.8 °C	25.4 °C	39.9 °C	11.3 °C	28	25
March	37.2 °C	20.9 °C	29.0 °C	42.1 °C	13.6 °C	31	31
April	38.8 °C	24.2 °C	31.4 °C	43.2 °C	16.5 °C	30	30
May	37.1 °C	25.3 °C	30.8 °C	41.5 °C	18.0 °C	31	31
June	33.9 °C	24.2 °C	28.5 °C	39.6 °C	21.0 °C	30	29
July	30.4 °C	22.7 °C	26.0 °C	36.4 °C	19.8 °C	31	17
August	28.6 °C	21.8 °C	24.8 °C	32.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	5
September	30.2 °C	22.0 °C	25.7 °C	34.2 °C	17.9 °C	30	18
October	32.9 °C	21.1 °C	26.6 °C	37.3 °C	15.6 °C	31	29
November	33.3 °C	18.1 °C	25.3 °C	37.4 °C	12.8 °C	30	29
December	31.0 °C	16.1 °C	23.0 °C	35.9 °C	11.5 °C	31	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	21 %	17 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	16 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	16 %	16 km/h
April	7 mm	2	12 h/day	48 %	29 %	16 km/h
May	38 mm	7	13 h/day	52 %	51 %	16 km/h
June	64 mm	11	13 h/day	53 %	65 %	16 km/h
July	112 mm	17	13 h/day	71 %	76 %	16 km/h
August	191 mm	22	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	111 mm	15	12 h/day	65 %	81 %	13 km/h
October	30 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	63 %	12 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	31 %	15 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	24 %	17 km/h

How Gusau 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
Gusau	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363
Katsina · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	422 mm	360
Maradi · Niger	40 °C	14 °C	282 mm	362
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Sokoto · Nigeria	41 °C	18 °C	382 mm	364
Kaduna · Nigeria	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360

Where Gusau ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	4th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in November	4th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	12th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	12th of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in April	24th of 50	39 °C
The driest places in Africa in February	25th of 50	0.09 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gusau’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gusau?

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

How hot does Gusau get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 279 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gusau?

August, averaging 191 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 553 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 Gusau 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: 12.170°, 6.664° (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.