Sokoto weather in July

In July, Sokoto sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 83 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sokoto's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokoto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 14.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 6:24 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Sokoto is a city in Nigeria, capital of Sokoto State.

Density: 7,172/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical July day in Sokoto reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C cooler than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

How July really feels in Sokoto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sokoto weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 18°	0	0	11.3	5.4
Feb	35° / 21°	0	0	11.6	3.3
Mar	39° / 25°	0	0.2	11.9	0.8
Apr	41° / 28°	3	0.9	12.3	0.0
May	39° / 28°	21	4.9	12.6	0.5
Jun	36° / 27°	33	8	12.8	2.1
Jul	33° / 25°	83	14.3	12.7	3.2
Aug	31° / 24°	171	18.8	12.4	3.5
Sep	33° / 24°	68	9.2	12.1	3.7
Oct	36° / 24°	13	2.9	11.7	2.6
Nov	35° / 21°	0	0	11.4	3.1
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.2	5.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	62	60	59	57	55	54	53	51	49	48	47	44	43	42	39	38	37	35	33	33	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	24
Cloudier (%)	38	40	41	43	45	46	47	49	51	52	53	56	57	58	61	62	63	65	67	67	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	74	75	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	51	49
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sokoto gets around 83 mm of rain over 14.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 46% and peaks near 56% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	56

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 88% 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	31
Muggy (%)	27	26	25	24	23	22	20	19	18	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	73	74	75	76	77	78	80	81	82	83	84	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:03 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:20	7:05
2	12.8	6:20	7:05
3	12.8	6:20	7:05
4	12.8	6:20	7:06
5	12.7	6:21	7:06
6	12.7	6:21	7:06
7	12.7	6:21	7:06
8	12.7	6:21	7:06
9	12.7	6:22	7:06
10	12.7	6:22	7:06
11	12.7	6:22	7:06
12	12.7	6:23	7:06
13	12.7	6:23	7:06
14	12.7	6:23	7:06
15	12.7	6:23	7:06
16	12.7	6:24	7:06
17	12.7	6:24	7:06
18	12.7	6:24	7:06
19	12.7	6:24	7:05
20	12.7	6:25	7:05
21	12.7	6:25	7:05
22	12.7	6:25	7:05
23	12.7	6:25	7:05
24	12.6	6:26	7:05
25	12.6	6:26	7:04
26	12.6	6:26	7:04
27	12.6	6:26	7:04
28	12.6	6:27	7:04
29	12.6	6:27	7:03
30	12.6	6:27	7:03
31	12.6	6:27	7:03

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.68 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Sokoto

In seasonPeak

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

Sokoto sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Sokoto?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sokoto.

What to pack for Sokoto in July

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

In July, Sokoto sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sokoto in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Sokoto peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (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	8	10	11	10	11	11	13	11	10	9	6
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Sokoto in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sokoto is worst in February — around 105 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 22 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)	96	105	98	76	45	34	23	22	30	53	69	89
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	96	Unhealthy
Feb	105	Unhealthy
Mar	98	Unhealthy
Apr	76	Unhealthy
May	45	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	69	Unhealthy
Dec	89	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sokoto?

Sokoto sits at 13.1°N, 5.2°E, 296 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gwadabawa, 33 km away.

Topography around Sokoto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokoto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 274 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m.

The land around Sokoto is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

93 m

cropland 67%

80 km

192 m

cropland 50%

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← June Sokoto year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Gwadabawa 33 km · Illela 75 km · Birni N Konni 82 km · Argungu 85 km · Tambuwal 98 km · Gummi 103 km · Talata Mafara 104 km · Birnin Kebbi 132 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 Sokoto (13.0627°, 5.2432°, elevation 296 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	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	51	49
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	51	49
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	51	49
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99