Sokoto weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Sokoto is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with December close behind. Sokoto averages about 3,060 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

3,060

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

700 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

1M

Elevation

305 m

When is the best time to visit Sokoto?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Sokoto 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 Sokoto?

Sokoto is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,060 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate January (97) from April (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 77% of the year's 700 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Niamey Niger · 333 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
• Kano Nigeria · 373 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 489 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 732 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Lagos Nigeria · 734 km · best in Jan · 1,868 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 761 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Katsina Nigeria · 266 km · 3,367 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kaduna Nigeria · 337 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Zinder Niger · 420 km · 3,402 h sun/yr · best in Jan