Yola climate

Name: Yola
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Yola is warmest in March, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. August is the wettest month (164 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yola averages 588 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 460,000 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 164 mm
Least cloud December 30 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C

What to expectYola through the year

Yola has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 40 °C in March, a swing of 6.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 331 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 164 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.4 °C	0 mm	35 %
February	36.9 °C	under 1 mm	41 %
March	39.6 °C	1 mm	53 %
April	39.5 °C	19 mm	66 %
May	36.7 °C	66 mm	68 %
June	34.3 °C	65 mm	67 %
July	31.8 °C	106 mm	78 %
August	30.1 °C	164 mm	83 %
September	31.0 °C	113 mm	77 %
October	33.5 °C	51 mm	65 %
November	36.1 °C	2 mm	46 %
December	34.7 °C	0 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.4 °C	20.0 °C	26.9 °C	40.5 °C	14.0 °C	31	30
February	36.9 °C	22.0 °C	29.3 °C	42.2 °C	15.0 °C	28	28
March	39.6 °C	24.9 °C	32.2 °C	43.4 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
April	39.5 °C	27.2 °C	33.2 °C	43.6 °C	21.5 °C	30	30
May	36.7 °C	26.5 °C	31.3 °C	41.8 °C	22.3 °C	31	31
June	34.3 °C	25.2 °C	29.5 °C	39.2 °C	22.1 °C	30	29
July	31.8 °C	23.9 °C	27.5 °C	38.6 °C	21.5 °C	31	25
August	30.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.3 °C	35.1 °C	20.7 °C	31	17
September	31.0 °C	23.1 °C	26.8 °C	37.0 °C	20.9 °C	30	22
October	33.5 °C	23.7 °C	28.4 °C	39.4 °C	19.9 °C	31	29
November	36.1 °C	23.0 °C	29.5 °C	39.6 °C	17.2 °C	30	30
December	34.7 °C	20.9 °C	27.5 °C	38.8 °C	14.4 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	35 %	23 %	11 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	41 %	20 %	11 km/h
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	53 %	23 %	13 km/h
April	19 mm	4	12 h/day	66 %	40 %	14 km/h
May	66 mm	11	13 h/day	68 %	58 %	12 km/h
June	65 mm	12	13 h/day	67 %	66 %	12 km/h
July	106 mm	16	13 h/day	78 %	73 %	13 km/h
August	164 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	79 %	13 km/h
September	113 mm	18	12 h/day	77 %	79 %	11 km/h
October	51 mm	9	12 h/day	65 %	69 %	9.9 km/h
November	2 mm	0	12 h/day	46 %	38 %	10 km/h
December	0 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	27 %	10 km/h

How Yola 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
Yola	40 °C	20 °C	588 mm	365
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359
Gombe · Nigeria	38 °C	16 °C	431 mm	363
Ngaoundéré · Cameroon	33 °C	16 °C	2,103 mm	326
Maroua · Cameroon	40 °C	18 °C	570 mm	365
Maiduguri · Nigeria	40 °C	16 °C	444 mm	364
Bauchi · Nigeria	37 °C	13 °C	1,052 mm	361

Where Yola ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in March	1st of 50	40 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	1st of 50	40 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	6th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	6th of 50	37 °C
The driest places in Africa in December	7th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	7th of 50	0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yola’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yola?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, 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 Yola get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 331 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Yola?

August, averaging 164 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 588 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 Yola 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: 9.208°, 12.481° (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.