Climate and average weather in Tegina

In Tegina, the summers are sweltering, dry, and partly cloudy and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early September to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tegina typically varies from 21°C to 38°C, and is rarely below 19°C or above 40°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Mar
38°
Coldest
Aug
23°
Wettest
Aug
298 mm
Driest
Dec
0 mm
Rain / yr
1051 mm
122 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
270 m
10.1°N
Clearest
Dec
27% cloud

Tegina is town in Niger State, Nigeria.

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

Tegina 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 September to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.0 months, from January 30 to April 29, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Tegina is March, with an average high of 38°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from June 24 to October 3, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Tegina is August, with an average low of 23°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in December.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3521
Feb3724
Mar3826
Apr3727
May3426
Jun3124
Jul2923
Aug2923
Sep3023
Oct3123
Nov3422
Dec3521

How hot and cold Tegina 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, Tegina feels like about 40°C (around April 23). About 332 days a year carry some heat stress, and 46 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan35352121
Feb37372424
Mar38382626
Apr40372727
May39342626
Jun35312424
Jul33292323
Aug32292323
Sep33302323
Oct35312323
Nov35342222
Dec35352121

Average hourly temperature in Tegina

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 March afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 23°C.

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

Tegina 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
Jan35° / 21°00.111.53.4
Feb37° / 24°10.211.72.1
Mar38° / 26°5111.91.2
Apr37° / 27°285.312.21.6
May34° / 26°821212.52.7
Jun31° / 24°11115.112.63.7
Jul29° / 23°21924.512.53.4
Aug29° / 23°29827.112.33.3
Sep30° / 23°22124.312.13.3
Oct31° / 23°8412.411.83.9
Nov34° / 22°10.311.53.6
Dec35° / 21°0011.43.5

Chance of rain

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

Tegina gets about 1051 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from around May 6 to Oct 18, peaking in August at about 88% 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 298 mm over about 27 wet days; December is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 14 · 88%Jan 1 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb10
Mar41
Apr175
May3912
Jun5115
Jul7825
Aug8727
Sep8024
Oct4012
Nov20
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tegina collects about 1051 mm of rain across 122 wet days — roughly 88 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 298 mm, while December is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 70% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec01528821112192982218410
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan00
Feb10
Mar51
Apr285
May8212
Jun11115
Jul21925
Aug29827
Sep22124
Oct8412
Nov10
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tegina, 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 October 20 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 22. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 23 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around October 19. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% 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 21 · 85%Aug 26 · 6%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7624
Feb7129
Mar5743
Apr4951
May3664
Jun1981
Jul1090
Aug694
Sep1387
Oct3961
Nov7228
Dec8218

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 June 3, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.57:006:29
Feb11.77:006:40
Mar11.96:476:43
Apr12.26:296:42
May12.56:186:45
Jun12.66:186:53
Jul12.56:256:57
Aug12.36:296:49
Sep12.16:286:31
Oct11.86:276:13
Nov11.56:356:06
Dec11.46:496:14

Sunny days

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

Tegina averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Oct 24 to Apr 15. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 100% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2223 daysAug 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan19Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar13Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May5Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov16Bright
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 Tegina, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.3 months, from around March 29 to November 6. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 7 to March 28, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 95% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 28 · 100%May 11 · 0%miserablehumidoppressivedrycomfortablemuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9432100
Feb7878600
Mar417202570
Apr931033451
May0017884
Jun0001973
Jul00001000
Aug00001000
Sep0000982
Oct1235836
Nov40151016190
Dec9053200

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 Tegina is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Nov 20 to May 19. The windiest month is January, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 20 to Nov 19, with October the calmest month at about 5 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 10 km/hOct 16 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb9calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov7calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Tegina

In seasonPeak

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

Tegina's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Best time to visit Tegina

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late December, Tegina is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

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 Tegina for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to late January, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 24 · 4.1

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
Jan3.4poor
Feb2.1poor
Mar1.2poor
Apr1.6poor
May2.7poor
Jun3.7fair
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep3.3poor
Oct3.9fair
Nov3.6fair
Dec3.5fair

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 Tegina for hot-weather activities is from mid October to early February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 7.7

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 Tegina, 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 March (highs near 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, Tegina sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Tegina 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 Tegina peaks around September 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 12UV 12Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Average hourly UV index in Tegina

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 September the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 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)
Jan74.5
Feb75
Mar86
Apr7.55.5
May7.55.5
Jun85.5
Jul85.5
Aug85.5
Sep86
Oct7.55
Nov74.5
Dec6.53

Air quality in Tegina 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 Tegina is worst in February — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 9104 µg/m³Jul 2123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct44Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tegina 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. Tegina banks about 6,691 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan559
Feb566
Mar682
Apr656
May614
Jun524
Jul500
Aug483
Sep484
Oct529
Nov539
Dec555

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.

Tegina receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.8 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Oct 22 to May 17. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 3.8 kWh/m² — roughly 42% less than the March peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 266.7 kWhAug 113.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.0Intense
Feb6.5Intense
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.4Intense
May5.4Bright
Jun4.3Bright
Jul4.1Bright
Aug3.8Moderate
Sep4.4Bright
Oct5.1Bright
Nov6.1Intense
Dec5.9Bright

Where is Tegina?

Tegina sits at 10.1°N, 6.2°E, 270 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Zungeru, 30 km away.

KontagoraBidaLapaiSofo-Birnin-GwariIbetoKaduna

Topography around Tegina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tegina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 265 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 642 m.

The land around Tegina is covered by cropland (42%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), grassland (24%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
642 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Zungeru 30 km · Minna 64 km · Kontagora 87 km · Bida 112 km · Lapai 121 km · Sofo-Birnin-Gwari 123 km · Ibeto 123 km · Kaduna 146 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 Tegina (10.0706°, 6.1906°, elevation 270 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).