Climate guideThirty-year normals for Jos
Jos climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,199 mm136 wet days a year
9.93° N, 8.89° EElevation 1,186 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goJos · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low27° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Jos has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 32° and nights 19°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 17°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,199 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (265 mm, 25 wet days) and February the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in December to 59% in August.
Compared with Abuja, the capital, Jos is 2.1° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · April
- Coldest nights
- 13° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- December · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 33 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 13° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 11 mm | 84 mm | 163 mm | 201 mm | 245 mm | 265 mm | 178 mm | 50 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 16.8 | 20.5 | 24 | 25 | 21.3 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 22% | 35% | 43% | 49% | 48% | 56% | 59% | 51% | 43% | 27% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 36 | 11h 49 | 12h 04 | 12h 21 | 12h 35 | 12h 42 | 12h 39 | 12h 27 | 12h 11 | 11h 55 | 11h 40 | 11h 33 |
| Month score | 91 | 83 | 63 | 45 | 43 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 86 | 90 |
ivMonth by month
Jos in every month
January91
27° / 13°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
February83
29° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March63
31° / 17°
11 mm · 3.8 wet days
April45
32° / 19°
84 mm · 9.5 wet days
May43
29° / 19°
163 mm · 16.8 wet days
June53
27° / 18°
201 mm · 20.5 wet days
July56
25° / 18°
245 mm · 24 wet days
August55
24° / 17°
265 mm · 25 wet days
September55
26° / 17°
178 mm · 21.3 wet days
October57
27° / 17°
50 mm · 12.5 wet days
November86
28° / 15°
1 mm · 1.3 wet day
December90
27° / 14°
1 mm · 0.8 wet day