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When to go to Maiduguri
Twelve months of averages for Maiduguri, and what they say about when to go.
When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Borno State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to July.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): August and September.
- The warmest month is April (41°C) and the coolest August (31°C). The wettest is August (183 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 546 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugWet
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Maiduguri
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°C | 14°C | 0 mm | 19% | 24% | 5.9 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 36°C | 18°C | 0 mm | 14% | 29% | 6.3 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 39°C | 22°C | 1 mm | 12% | 61% | 6.6 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 41°C | 25°C | 7 mm | 21% | 68% | 6.6 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 40°C | 27°C | 24 mm | 36% | 69% | 6.3 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 38°C | 26°C | 66 mm | 49% | 67% | 5.8 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 34°C | 24°C | 145 mm | 62% | 74% | 5.4 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 31°C | 23°C | 183 mm | 75% | 79% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 33°C | 23°C | 96 mm | 71% | 62% | 5.7 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 36°C | 22°C | 24 mm | 50% | 46% | 6 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 35°C | 18°C | 0 mm | 27% | 30% | 6.1 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 33°C | 15°C | 0 mm | 23% | 21% | 5.8 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Maroua188 kmGood for going: September
- N'Djamena207 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Bauchi400 kmGood for going: September
- Kano505 kmGood for going: December and January
- Jos512 kmGood for going: May, June and September to January
- Saminaka513 kmGood for going: June and September to January
- Zaria598 kmGood for going: June and October to January
- Kaduna641 kmGood for going: October to January
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Borno State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)