Makurdi climate

Name: Makurdi
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Makurdi is warmest in March, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (212 mm) and January the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Makurdi averages 917 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 390,000 · 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 March 37 °C
Coldest month December 22 °C
Driest month January 1 mm
Wettest month August 212 mm
Least cloud December 33 % cloud
Hottest on record March 41 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectMakurdi through the year

Makurdi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in December to 37 °C in March, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 275 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 212 mm against 1 mm in January — 281 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	35.4 °C	1 mm	41 %
February	36.8 °C	3 mm	49 %
March	37.1 °C	12 mm	67 %
April	35.5 °C	42 mm	76 %
May	32.9 °C	87 mm	80 %
June	30.6 °C	122 mm	80 %
July	29.3 °C	179 mm	85 %
August	28.9 °C	212 mm	88 %
September	29.5 °C	168 mm	83 %
October	30.3 °C	84 mm	79 %
November	33.1 °C	6 mm	57 %
December	34.9 °C	1 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	35.4 °C	22.9 °C	28.9 °C	38.7 °C	17.5 °C	31	31
February	36.8 °C	24.5 °C	30.4 °C	40.7 °C	17.6 °C	28	28
March	37.1 °C	26.4 °C	31.4 °C	41.2 °C	19.6 °C	31	31
April	35.5 °C	26.4 °C	30.5 °C	40.5 °C	23.3 °C	30	30
May	32.9 °C	25.4 °C	28.7 °C	38.8 °C	22.9 °C	31	29
June	30.6 °C	24.1 °C	26.9 °C	34.8 °C	22.0 °C	30	21
July	29.3 °C	23.4 °C	25.8 °C	32.1 °C	21.7 °C	31	9
August	28.9 °C	23.1 °C	25.5 °C	32.2 °C	21.5 °C	31	6
September	29.5 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	32.4 °C	21.6 °C	30	11
October	30.3 °C	23.6 °C	26.6 °C	34.2 °C	20.9 °C	31	18
November	33.1 °C	23.6 °C	28.0 °C	37.4 °C	18.6 °C	30	29
December	34.9 °C	22.4 °C	28.4 °C	38.9 °C	17.7 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	12 h/day	41 %	35 %	15 km/h
February	3 mm	1	12 h/day	49 %	39 %	15 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	67 %	52 %	17 km/h
April	42 mm	6	12 h/day	76 %	62 %	16 km/h
May	87 mm	12	12 h/day	80 %	72 %	14 km/h
June	122 mm	17	13 h/day	80 %	79 %	13 km/h
July	179 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
August	212 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	168 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	11 km/h
October	84 mm	13	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	12 km/h
November	6 mm	1	12 h/day	57 %	67 %	12 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	43 %	13 km/h

How Makurdi 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
Makurdi	37 °C	22 °C	917 mm	364
Gboko · Nigeria	36 °C	22 °C	992 mm	362
Enugu · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,614 mm	363
Abuja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355
Suleja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,530 mm	355
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Awka · Nigeria	35 °C	23 °C	1,492 mm	362

Where Makurdi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	4th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	4th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	4th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	4th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	7th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	7th of 50	37 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Makurdi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Makurdi?

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

How hot does Makurdi get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 275 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Makurdi?

August, averaging 212 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is January with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 917 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 Makurdi 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: 7.734°, 8.521° (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.