Climate · Abuja

Abuja in January

Very hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Abuja is very hot: highs near 97°F, lows near 69°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 39 minutes.January in Abuja is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 39 minutes.

High
97°F36°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
11h 39mon average

Is January a good time to visit Abuja?


Yes. January is one of Abuja's best months (July to September, or November to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 97°F in January, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in January, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in January, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in January, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

11h 39m in January, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. December96°36°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January97°36°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February99°37°low 72°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Abuja sits, in January

Africa/Lagos

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:49 AMsets 6:28 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in January

high · low · wet days

  • Lagos91°33° · 77°25° 2

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.