Maiduguri weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Maiduguri is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with December close behind. Maiduguri averages about 3,178 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

3,178

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

546 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

1.1M

Elevation

332 m

When is the best time to visit Maiduguri?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Maiduguri is January, then December. The dullest month is April (10/100, 7 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Maiduguri?

Maiduguri is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,178 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate January (98) from April (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 78% of the year's 546 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• N'Djamena Chad · 215 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Kano Nigeria · 496 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 711 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 851 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• Yaoundé Cameroon · 920 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
• Douala Cameroon · 948 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Maroua Cameroon · 202 km · 3,120 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Garoua Cameroon · 282 km · 2,942 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Gombe Nigeria · 294 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Yola Nigeria · 297 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Bauchi Nigeria · 395 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan