Garko weather in June

In June, Garko sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 40 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in June, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Garko's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garko's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
40 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:58 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
57%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Garko is human settlement in Nigeria.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical June day in Garko reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and about 3°C warmer than July.

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How June really feels in Garko

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Garko weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 16°0011.55.3
Feb35° / 19°0011.73.4
Mar38° / 22°00.211.91.3
Apr39° / 25°71.512.20.9
May37° / 26°245.312.51.8
Jun34° / 24°408.412.63.0
Jul31° / 23°9615.112.53.7
Aug30° / 22°16419.712.33.9
Sep31° / 22°6811.912.14.2
Oct34° / 22°184.211.83.4
Nov35° / 19°0011.53.4
Dec32° / 17°0011.45.1

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25347
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55545
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75545
85644
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Garko gets around 40 mm of rain over 8.4 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 28% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2130
2231
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the muggy band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
135938
225939
325939
425939
515940
616039
716039
816039
916039
1016138
1106337
1206337
1306436
1406535
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Wind in June

Winds average 11 km/h in June, the windiest month of the year.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 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 5:56 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:566:29
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312.65:566:30
412.65:566:30
512.65:576:30
612.65:576:31
712.65:576:31
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912.65:576:32
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 6.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
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56.2Intense
66.2Intense
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116.1Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
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176.0Intense
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196.0Intense
206.0Bright
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235.9Bright
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Garko

In seasonPeak

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

Garko sees seasonal dust haze (December–June), heaviest in March.

Dust
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Garko?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Garko.

What to pack for Garko in June

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

In June, Garko sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Garko 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 Garko peaks around March 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 15UV 12Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Garko 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 Garko is worst in February — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 21102 µg/m³Jul 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan93Unhealthy
Feb102Unhealthy
Mar101Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct52Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Garko?

Garko sits at 10.2°N, 11.2°E, 470 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gombe, 13 km away.

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Topography around Garko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 473 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m.

The land around Garko is covered by cropland (51%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
358 m
80 km
917 m
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June weather nearby: Gombe 13 km · Kumo 15 km · Deba 25 km · Pindiga 31 km · Biliri 35 km · Dukku 84 km · Nafada 104 km · Biu 123 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
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

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 Garko (10.1751°, 11.1646°, elevation 470 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).