Gombe weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Gombe is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with December and October close behind. Gombe averages about 3,074 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,074

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

841 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

560k

Elevation

471 m

When is the best time to visit Gombe?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gombe is January, then December and October. The dullest month is April (36/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gombe?

Gombe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,074 hours of sunshine a year. 61 Sunshine Score points separate January (97) from April (36), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 71% of the year's 841 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kano Nigeria · 324 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 424 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 495 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 562 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• Owerri Nigeria · 677 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
• Douala Cameroon · 712 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Bauchi Nigeria · 128 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Yola Nigeria · 204 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Jos Nigeria · 234 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Garoua Cameroon · 291 km · 2,942 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Maiduguri Nigeria · 294 km · 3,178 h sun/yr · best in Jan