Bauchi weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Bauchi is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with December and October close behind. Bauchi averages about 3,001 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,001

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

766 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

694k

Elevation

597 m

When is the best time to visit Bauchi?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bauchi is January, then December and October. The dullest month is April (35/100, 49 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bauchi?

Bauchi is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,001 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate January (97) from April (35), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 68% of the year's 766 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kano Nigeria · 219 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 318 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 506 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 605 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Owerri Nigeria · 628 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
• Port Harcourt Nigeria · 681 km · best in Jan · 1,725 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Gombe Nigeria · 128 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jos Nigeria · 134 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kaduna Nigeria · 266 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Yola Nigeria · 324 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Oct