Climate and average weather in Tambuwal

In Tambuwal, the summers are sweltering, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early January to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tambuwal typically varies from 20°C to 40°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 42°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tambuwal for warm-weather activities are from early January to late January and mid December to late December.

Hottest
Apr
40°
Coldest
Aug
24°
Wettest
Aug
213 mm
Driest
Jan
0 mm
Rain / yr
528 mm
72 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
261 m
12.4°N
Clearest
Dec
26% cloud

Tambuwal weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tambuwal, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.5 months, from March 5 to May 19, with daily high temperatures above 38°C. The hottest month of the year in Tambuwal is April, with an average high of 40°C and low of 28°C.

The cool season lasts 2.4 months, from July 10 to September 20, with daily high temperatures below 32°C. The coldest month of the year in Tambuwal is August, with an average low of 24°C and high of 31°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in November.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3320
Feb3623
Mar3926
Apr4028
May3828
Jun3526
Jul3224
Aug3124
Sep3224
Oct3524
Nov3622
Dec3320

How hot and cold Tambuwal really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Tambuwal feels like about 42°C (around May 11). About 348 days a year carry some heat stress, and 98 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32332020
Feb36362223
Mar39392626
Apr41402828
May42382828
Jun40352626
Jul36322424
Aug34312424
Sep37322424
Oct38352424
Nov36362222
Dec33332020

Average hourly temperature in Tambuwal

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 40°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 24°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tambuwal weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°0011.44.9
Feb36° / 23°00.111.62.9
Mar39° / 26°00.111.90.7
Apr40° / 28°61.712.30.0
May38° / 28°34712.61.0
Jun35° / 26°549.812.72.6
Jul32° / 24°11216.112.73.4
Aug31° / 24°21320.912.43.4
Sep32° / 24°891212.13.7
Oct35° / 24°214.711.72.9
Nov36° / 22°0011.42.8
Dec33° / 20°0011.34.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tambuwal gets about 528 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around May 15 to Oct 10, peaking in August at about 68% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 213 mm over about 21 wet days; January is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 19 · 68%Jan 1 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr62
May227
Jun3310
Jul5216
Aug6621
Sep4112
Oct145
Nov00
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tambuwal collects about 528 mm of rain across 72 wet days — roughly 44 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 213 mm, while January is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 78% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec00634541122138921
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr62
May347
Jun5410
Jul11216
Aug21321
Sep8912
Oct215
Nov00
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tambuwal, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 29 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around April 15. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 26 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around September 28. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 81% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 24 · 85%Aug 14 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8119
Feb8020
Mar6733
Apr6139
May5941
Jun6436
Jul3565
Aug1981
Sep4456
Oct6733
Nov7525
Dec8317

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 28, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.47:106:31
Feb11.67:086:44
Mar11.96:546:49
Apr12.36:336:50
May12.66:216:55
Jun12.76:207:03
Jul12.76:277:07
Aug12.46:336:58
Sep12.16:346:38
Oct11.76:356:18
Nov11.46:446:09
Dec11.36:596:16

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tambuwal averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.2 months, from around Oct 6 to Apr 13. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 1 sunny days — about 93% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2722 daysAug 81 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan21Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar16Bright
Apr13Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul4Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep8Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov18Bright
Dec22Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tambuwal, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around April 20 to October 28. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 29 to April 19, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 6 · 100%Jun 9 · 0%miserablecomfortablemuggyhumiddryoppressivecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb9810100
Mar9153100
Apr4512162160
May441133471
Jun00113842
Jul0002962
Aug0000973
Sep00018614
Oct125716527
Nov8085420
Dec10000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tambuwal is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around Nov 20 to Apr 3. The windiest month is January, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jul 11 to Nov 19, with October the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 4 · 12 km/hOct 16 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec12calm

Hazard calendar for Tambuwal

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Tambuwal's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Best time to visit Tambuwal

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tambuwal throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tambuwal for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid December to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 4 · 5.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.9fair
Feb2.9poor
Mar0.7poor
Apr0.1poor
May1.0poor
Jun2.5poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.7fair
Oct2.9poor
Nov2.8poor
Dec4.5fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tambuwal for hot-weather activities is from late November to mid February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 8.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tambuwal, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 40°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 31°C), pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Tambuwal sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Tambuwal by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tambuwal peaks around August 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 15UV 13Dec 17UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Tambuwal

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan6.54
Feb6.54
Mar7.55
Apr85.5
May7.55.5
Jun85.5
Jul86
Aug8.56.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct7.55
Nov74.5
Dec5.51.5

Air quality in Tambuwal by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tambuwal is worst in February — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1699 µg/m³Aug 1220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan90Unhealthy
Feb100Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr71Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct47Poor
Nov60Unhealthy
Dec82Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tambuwal is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tambuwal banks about 7,088 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan497
Feb533
Mar694
Apr725
May712
Jun615
Jul561
Aug528
Sep539
Oct605
Nov565
Dec514

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tambuwal receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.9 and 7.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Jan 28 to Jun 26. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.9 kWh/m² — roughly 29% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 27.1 kWhAug 134.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.9Bright
Feb6.5Intense
Mar7.0Intense
Apr7.0Intense
May6.7Intense
Jun6.4Intense
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep5.7Bright
Oct6.2Intense
Nov6.1Intense
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Tambuwal?

Tambuwal sits at 12.4°N, 4.6°E, 261 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jega, 35 km away.

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Topography around Tambuwal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tambuwal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 250 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m.

The land around Tambuwal is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
209 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Jega 35 km · Argungu 40 km · Birnin Kebbi 49 km · Gummi 59 km · Sokoto 98 km · Gwadabawa 124 km · Kamba 124 km · Zuru 126 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 Tambuwal (12.4059°, 4.646°, elevation 261 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).