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When to go to Yola
Twelve months of averages for Yola, 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 Adamawa 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): November to June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to October.
- The warmest month is March (39°C) and the coolest August (29°C). The wettest is August (197 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 901 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
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Yola
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 | 35°C | 17°C | 0 mm | 24% | 29% | 5.9 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 38°C | 21°C | 1 mm | 22% | 40% | 6 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 39°C | 24°C | 3 mm | 28% | 62% | 6.3 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 37°C | 25°C | 54 mm | 49% | 72% | 6.2 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 34°C | 24°C | 106 mm | 65% | 74% | 5.9 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 32°C | 23°C | 129 mm | 72% | 65% | 5.6 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 30°C | 22°C | 160 mm | 79% | 73% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 21°C | 197 mm | 84% | 80% | 4.7 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 22°C | 164 mm | 82% | 71% | 5.2 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 31°C | 22°C | 79 mm | 74% | 56% | 5.8 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 34°C | 20°C | 7 mm | 51% | 32% | 6 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 34°C | 17°C | 1 mm | 33% | 22% | 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
- Maroua253 kmGood for going: September
- Bauchi314 kmGood for going: September
- Jos402 kmGood for going: May, June and September to January
- N'Djamena427 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Gboko437 kmGood for going: May and November to January
- Saminaka437 kmGood for going: June and September to January
- Makurdi465 kmGood for going: May and November to January
- Bafoussam473 kmGood for going: November to March
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Adamawa 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)