Yola weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Yola is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with July and August close behind. Yola averages about 2,920 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 75 mm of rain in October.

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Sun hours / year

2,920

Sunniest month

October

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

897 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

460k

Elevation

179 m

When is the best time to visit Yola?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Yola is October, then July and August. The dullest month is March (19/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Yola?

Yola gets a lot of sun: around 2,920 hours a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate October (74) from March (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 60% of the annual 897 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• N'Djamena Chad · 428 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Kano Nigeria · 528 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 568 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 619 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• Yaoundé Cameroon · 623 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
• Douala Cameroon · 656 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Garoua Cameroon · 104 km · 2,942 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Gombe Nigeria · 204 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Maroua Cameroon · 240 km · 3,120 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• N'Gaoundéré Cameroon · 245 km · 2,679 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Maiduguri Nigeria · 297 km · 3,178 h sun/yr · best in Jan