Abuja Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Abuja, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 34°C on January 31, and lows from 16°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high: 33°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 3 mm
Reanalysis high: 40°CJan 27, 2000
Reanalysis low: 10°CJan 5, 1992
Daylight: 11 h 37 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover: 26%
Humidity: 44%
Dew point: 10°C
Wind: 10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Jan 1	32°C	16°C	37°C 2005	12°C 1991	0%
Jan 2	32°C	16°C	37°C 2005	13°C 2020	0%
Jan 3	32°C	16°C	37°C 2014	12°C 1992	0%
Jan 4	33°C	16°C	37°C 2005	11°C 1992	0%
Jan 5	33°C	16°C	37°C 2005	10°C 1992	0%
Jan 6	33°C	16°C	37°C 2004	11°C 1992	0%
Jan 7	33°C	16°C	39°C 2016	12°C 1992	0%
Jan 8	33°C	17°C	37°C 2016	12°C 1993	0%
Jan 9	33°C	17°C	37°C 2002	12°C 1992	0%
Jan 10	33°C	17°C	37°C 2014	11°C 1992	0%
Jan 11	33°C	17°C	38°C 2014	12°C 1992	0%
Jan 12	33°C	17°C	38°C 2000	12°C 2015	0%
Jan 13	33°C	17°C	37°C 2000	12°C 2015	0%
Jan 14	33°C	17°C	37°C 2006	13°C 2007	0%
Jan 15	33°C	17°C	38°C 2000	13°C 1994	1%
Jan 16	33°C	17°C	39°C 2000	12°C 2011	1%
Jan 17	33°C	17°C	39°C 2000	12°C 2011	1%
Jan 18	33°C	17°C	38°C 2014	13°C 1998	2%
Jan 19	33°C	17°C	38°C 2006	12°C 2001	2%
Jan 20	33°C	17°C	38°C 2002	13°C 2001	2%
Jan 21	33°C	18°C	39°C 2006	12°C 1993	2%
Jan 22	33°C	18°C	39°C 2006	12°C 1993	2%
Jan 23	33°C	18°C	38°C 2000	12°C 1993	2%
Jan 24	33°C	18°C	37°C 2006	12°C 1993	2%
Jan 25	34°C	18°C	38°C 2000	12°C 1993	2%
Jan 26	34°C	18°C	39°C 2000	13°C 2001	2%
Jan 27	34°C	18°C	40°C 2000	12°C 2008	2%
Jan 28	34°C	18°C	39°C 2000	13°C 2008	2%
Jan 29	34°C	18°C	38°C 2005	12°C 2008	2%
Jan 30	34°C	18°C	39°C 2005	13°C 2008	1%
Jan 31	34°C	18°C	37°C 2005	13°C 1997	1%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

January 1: sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
January 31: sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:36 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.