Maiduguri climate

Name: Maiduguri
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Maiduguri is warmest in April, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. August is the wettest month (181 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maiduguri averages 444 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 1,110,000 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 181 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record April 45 °C
Coldest on record January 9.9 °C

What to expectMaiduguri through the year

Maiduguri has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 40 °C in April, a swing of 9.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 313 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 181 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.7 °C	0 mm	29 %
February	33.9 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
March	37.9 °C	under 1 mm	42 %
April	39.9 °C	4 mm	48 %
May	38.6 °C	21 mm	48 %
June	36.0 °C	35 mm	54 %
July	32.3 °C	104 mm	69 %
August	30.2 °C	181 mm	79 %
September	32.1 °C	82 mm	65 %
October	34.7 °C	16 mm	46 %
November	34.2 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
December	31.2 °C	under 1 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.7 °C	15.8 °C	23.0 °C	38.9 °C	9.9 °C	30	17
February	33.9 °C	18.4 °C	26.0 °C	41.1 °C	12.2 °C	28	24
March	37.9 °C	22.3 °C	30.1 °C	42.8 °C	14.8 °C	31	31
April	39.9 °C	25.4 °C	32.8 °C	44.8 °C	18.9 °C	30	30
May	38.6 °C	26.5 °C	32.3 °C	43.0 °C	18.8 °C	31	31
June	36.0 °C	26.1 °C	30.6 °C	40.5 °C	21.2 °C	30	30
July	32.3 °C	24.3 °C	27.8 °C	39.0 °C	21.0 °C	31	26
August	30.2 °C	23.1 °C	26.2 °C	34.6 °C	21.1 °C	31	18
September	32.1 °C	23.6 °C	27.3 °C	36.7 °C	20.6 °C	30	26
October	34.7 °C	23.1 °C	28.5 °C	38.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	31
November	34.2 °C	20.1 °C	26.9 °C	38.2 °C	15.1 °C	30	29
December	31.2 °C	16.8 °C	23.7 °C	37.8 °C	11.7 °C	31	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	21 %	13 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	16 %	14 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	14 %	15 km/h
April	4 mm	1	12 h/day	48 %	23 %	15 km/h
May	21 mm	5	13 h/day	48 %	43 %	15 km/h
June	35 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	57 %	16 km/h
July	104 mm	16	13 h/day	69 %	71 %	15 km/h
August	181 mm	21	13 h/day	79 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	82 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	76 %	12 km/h
October	16 mm	4	12 h/day	46 %	53 %	11 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	26 %	12 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	26 %	24 %	12 km/h

How Maiduguri 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
Maiduguri	40 °C	16 °C	444 mm	364
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359
Maroua · Cameroon	40 °C	18 °C	570 mm	365
N'Djamena · Chad	41 °C	17 °C	433 mm	365
Gombe · Nigeria	38 °C	16 °C	431 mm	363
Yola · Nigeria	40 °C	20 °C	588 mm	365

Where Maiduguri ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in January	4th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	4th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	6th of 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in the world in March	6th of 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	9th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in February	9th of 50	0.01 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Maiduguri’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maiduguri?

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 Maiduguri get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 313 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °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 Maiduguri?

August, averaging 181 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 444 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 Maiduguri 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: 11.847°, 13.157° (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.