Minna climate

Name: Minna
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Minna is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (282 mm) and December the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Minna averages 1,084 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 425,000 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 282 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record February 42 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectMinna through the year

Minna has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in January to 38 °C in March, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 259 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 282 mm against 0 mm in December — 864 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.9 °C	under 1 mm	32 %
February	36.6 °C	2 mm	39 %
March	37.6 °C	7 mm	54 %
April	36.6 °C	34 mm	65 %
May	33.5 °C	84 mm	72 %
June	30.4 °C	125 mm	77 %
July	28.6 °C	208 mm	85 %
August	27.9 °C	282 mm	88 %
September	29.0 °C	241 mm	83 %
October	30.6 °C	96 mm	69 %
November	33.7 °C	4 mm	43 %
December	34.7 °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	34.9 °C	21.9 °C	28.0 °C	39.0 °C	16.5 °C	31	31
February	36.6 °C	23.6 °C	29.9 °C	41.7 °C	18.4 °C	28	28
March	37.6 °C	25.5 °C	31.4 °C	40.9 °C	20.2 °C	31	31
April	36.6 °C	26.2 °C	31.2 °C	41.1 °C	18.2 °C	30	30
May	33.5 °C	25.2 °C	29.1 °C	38.8 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
June	30.4 °C	23.7 °C	26.8 °C	35.7 °C	21.5 °C	30	18
July	28.6 °C	22.6 °C	25.2 °C	33.7 °C	20.7 °C	30	4
August	27.9 °C	22.3 °C	24.6 °C	31.4 °C	20.5 °C	29	1
September	29.0 °C	22.4 °C	25.3 °C	32.5 °C	20.3 °C	29	6
October	30.6 °C	22.6 °C	26.2 °C	36.5 °C	19.1 °C	31	20
November	33.7 °C	22.1 °C	27.6 °C	38.3 °C	17.2 °C	30	30
December	34.7 °C	22.1 °C	27.9 °C	39.0 °C	18.6 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	25 %	15 km/h
February	2 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	27 %	14 km/h
March	7 mm	1	12 h/day	54 %	39 %	13 km/h
April	34 mm	6	12 h/day	65 %	53 %	13 km/h
May	84 mm	12	13 h/day	72 %	68 %	12 km/h
June	125 mm	16	13 h/day	77 %	78 %	11 km/h
July	208 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	83 %	11 km/h
August	282 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	10 km/h
September	241 mm	24	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	9.7 km/h
October	96 mm	14	12 h/day	69 %	80 %	9.2 km/h
November	4 mm	1	12 h/day	43 %	51 %	11 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	26 %	29 %	14 km/h

How Minna 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
Minna	38 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	361
Bida · Nigeria	38 °C	20 °C	922 mm	364
Suleja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,530 mm	355
Abuja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355
Kaduna · Nigeria	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Okene · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,136 mm	359

Where Minna ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in February	8th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	8th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	9th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	9th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	9th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	9th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Minna’s climate

When is the best time to visit Minna?

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

How hot does Minna get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 259 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 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Minna?

August, averaging 282 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,084 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 Minna 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: 9.615°, 6.548° (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.