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Abuja in July

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Abuja is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 35 minutes.July in Abuja is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 35 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 93% of days
Daylight
12h 35mon average

Is July a good time to visit Abuja?

Yes. July 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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in July, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in July, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

93% of days in July, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in July, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 35m in July, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. June88°31°low 72°low 22°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. July85°29°low 71°low 22°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. August84°29°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Abuja sits, in July

Africa/Lagos
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:18 AMsets 6:54 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days
  • Lagos84°29° · 75°24° 6
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Abuja

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.