Abuja weather in June

In June, Abuja sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 195 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in June, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Abuja's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abuja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 195 mm; 23.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:15 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Abuja is capital city of Nigeria.

Founded: 1828

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical June day in Abuja reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 1°C warmer than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22

How June really feels in Abuja

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 17 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Abuja weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	2	0.6	11.5	3.9
Feb	35° / 23°	5	1.3	11.7	2.9
Mar	36° / 25°	20	3.9	11.9	2.4
Apr	34° / 25°	52	9.4	12.2	3.0
May	31° / 24°	130	18.4	12.4	3.4
Jun	29° / 22°	195	23.2	12.5	3.6
Jul	28° / 22°	257	28.1	12.5	3.6
Aug	27° / 21°	314	29.2	12.3	3.5
Sep	28° / 22°	285	27.5	12.1	3.3
Oct	30° / 22°	137	20.8	11.8	3.7
Nov	33° / 22°	10	1.9	11.6	4.4
Dec	34° / 21°	1	0.2	11.5	4.2

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Abuja gets around 195 mm of rain over 23.2 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 77% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	82
29	83
30	83

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12
Oppressive (%)	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	89	89	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88

Wind in June

Winds average 6 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:13	6:42
2	12.5	6:13	6:42
3	12.5	6:13	6:43
4	12.5	6:13	6:43
5	12.5	6:13	6:43
6	12.5	6:13	6:43
7	12.5	6:13	6:44
8	12.5	6:13	6:44
9	12.5	6:13	6:44
10	12.5	6:14	6:45
11	12.5	6:14	6:45
12	12.5	6:14	6:45
13	12.5	6:14	6:45
14	12.5	6:14	6:46
15	12.5	6:14	6:46
16	12.5	6:15	6:46
17	12.5	6:15	6:46
18	12.5	6:15	6:46
19	12.5	6:15	6:47
20	12.5	6:15	6:47
21	12.5	6:15	6:47
22	12.5	6:16	6:47
23	12.5	6:16	6:48
24	12.5	6:16	6:48
25	12.5	6:16	6:48
26	12.5	6:17	6:48
27	12.5	6:17	6:48
28	12.5	6:17	6:49
29	12.5	6:17	6:49
30	12.5	6:17	6:49

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Abuja

In seasonPeak

In June, Abuja sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Abuja's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Abuja sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Abuja?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abuja.

What to pack for Abuja in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Abuja sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Abuja in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abuja peaks around September 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	9	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	9
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Abuja in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abuja is worst in February — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	93	100	74	57	34	29	25	26	30	46	53	74
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	93	Unhealthy
Feb	100	Unhealthy
Mar	74	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	53	Poor
Dec	74	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Abuja?

Abuja sits at 9.1°N, 7.5°E, 476 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kuje, 35 km away.

Topography around Abuja

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abuja.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abuja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 495 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 583 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 909 m.

The land around Abuja is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (33%), trees (21%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

583 m

artificial surfaces 33%

80 km

909 m

cropland 44%

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← May Abuja year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Kuje 35 km · Suleja 37 km · Keffi 48 km · Nasarawa 62 km · Akwanga 101 km · Lapai 101 km · Kachia 104 km · Kafanchan 105 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abuja (9.0579°, 7.4951°, elevation 476 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	82
29	83
30	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	82
29	83
30	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	82
29	83
30	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88