Abuja - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
We have everything from hot and dry to wet and mild. Bring hot summer clothes (and SUNSCREEN) and rain gear. - Sep 2019
Overall climate has two seasons, hot, but a bit cooler and wet, then hot and dry. Dry season is hot, clear, but dusty. I love that season. When it starts raining, the humidity and heat, tend to sap my energy. HOWEVER, if you have never seen a thunderstorm in Nigeria, you have never seen the most brilliant lightening, the most rolling thunder. It is an absolute show!!! When you hear the Toto song, "I've seen the rains down in Arica," line, this is what they're talking about. Spectacular! And, also, not for those afraid of storms. - Feb 2019
Hot, hot, and more hot. Leave your cold weather gear in storage. - Apr 2018
Rainy season lasts generally from May - October. Expect strong storms about one hour each day. The dry season (Harmattan) lasts from January- April. - Apr 2017
Oddly, the winter months (around December) have no clouds and can be quite hot, but summer has clouds, and so it is cool. - Jun 2016
There are two seasons: the rainy season, which is humid (obviously) with temperatures in the 80s/90s and some amazing thunderstorms (they are fun to watch from indoors), and the dry season, with temperatures in the 90s/100s (see Harmattan previously mentioned). It's pool weather year-round. - Aug 2015
Hot and hotter. Lots of rain in the season and very dry and dusty the rest of the year. Everyone gets a dry cough during the dusty season - Jun 2015
Warm to hot /rainy and hot/dry. - Aug 2014
The rainy season :May through mid September - it rains 2-3 hours a day. The Harmattan: roughly January to March but it varies - see above. The Dry season: everything else. Temperatures all year between 90 and 110F. - May 2014
Warm to hot all the time (between 80-105F), with varying levels of humidity From May-September it rains at least once per day, usually right at sunset and again late at night - it cools it down a bit, but remains very humid. November-December is dry, dusty, and it actually gets down to 70 at night sometimes (you will see parkas, woolen hats, gloves, etc.). Jan-March is HOT and dry. October and April are right in between these extremes, and somewhat glorious, with big puffy white clouds, not too hot, but little rain. - May 2013
There is a wet season and a dry season. The dry season gets very hot (40 degrees Celsius during the day) and the wet season tends to be cooler (but also more humid).Nights are often considerably cooler, although this was not the case this past year. - Jun 2009
The weather was a pleasant surprise for us. We eat all our meals outside. - Mar 2009
1/2 the year = rainy and slightly humid - 1/2 the year = dry with low humidity and no rain. - Sep 2008
A long rainy season in which it rains most days for part of the day, and a long dry season in which it will not rain a drop. - Aug 2008
Hot, dry and dusty from about October/November through March/April and hot, humid, and rainy for the rest of the year. - Jul 2008
