Abuja
Elevation 360 m9.06° N, 7.49° E
Travel not advised
The governments of Canada and the United States advise against all but essential travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 31 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 30 °C, 6 rain days in the month (58 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 28 °C, 13 rain days in the month (138 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, 18 rain days in the month (197 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 25 rain days in the month (251 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 25 rain days in the month (296 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 22 rain days in the month (249 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 14 rain days in the month (117 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 27 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
No ideal month: the best months are November–January, the least hot. Avoid February–October (hot, at times often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.1 °C (cells at 528 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.8 °C).
March and April warmed the most (+1.2 and +1.0 °C), August the least (+0.4 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.