The Frontier Gazette & Almanack
“Fair Warning for Every Town Under the Sky” · Est. 1881
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Nigeria Weather

News from Nigeria

The short of it: Wanted Weather covers 488 towns in Nigeria. 10 warnings are in force among the 10 largest towns as of 17:17 UTC. Source: Open-Meteo forecast models; TerraClimate normals 1991–2020.

Warnings are in force for 10 of the 10 largest towns.

The Gazette carries the weather for 488 towns in Nigeria, from Sokoto in the north to Eket in the south. The largest is Lagos, home to some 15.4M souls.

Among the larger towns, Gamboru runs hottest, with summer highs near 42°, and Potiskum coldest, with winter nights near 12°. Eket is the wettest at about 3221 mm a year, Geidam the driest at 308 mm.

The Largest Towns

Conditions now
TownSkyNowHigh / Low
LagosNigeriaPartly cloudy30°32° / 28°
KanoKano State, NigeriaClear sky34°37° / 20°
IbadanOyo State, NigeriaPartly cloudy32°34° / 25°
AbujaFCT, NigeriaClear sky33°35° / 21°
Port HarcourtRivers State, NigeriaLight showers29°32° / 26°
KadunaKaduna State, NigeriaClear sky33°36° / 19°
Benin CityEdo State, NigeriaThunderstorm30°32° / 26°
OnitshaAnambra, NigeriaOvercast32°34° / 26°
AbaAbia State, NigeriaOvercast29°32° / 25°
MaiduguriBorno State, NigeriaClear sky35°38° / 20°

Regions of Nigeria

37 regions · largest town in each
RegionLargest townTowns
LagosLagos22
Kano StateKano11
Oyo StateIbadan17
FCTAbuja4
Rivers StatePort Harcourt10
Kaduna StateKaduna17
Edo StateBenin City9
AnambraOnitsha12
Abia StateAba6
Borno StateMaiduguri24
Kwara StateIlorin13
SokotoSokoto10
Plateau StateJos11
Enugu StateEnugu15
DeltaWarri14
Ogun StateAbeokuta23
Ondo StateAkure10
BauchiBauchi23
Katsina StateKatsina19
Osun StateOsogbo19
Gombe StateGombe14
Bayelsa StateOgbia4
Imo StateOwerri7
Cross River StateCalabar10
Kogi StateOkene16
AdamawaYola11
Akwa Ibom StateUyo7
Ekiti StateAdo-Ekiti13
Niger StateMinna23
Benue StateMakurdi12
Zamfara StateGusau12
Jigawa StateChakwama15
Ebonyi StateAbakaliki5
Nasarawa StateLafia7
Yobe StateGashua15
Taraba StateJalingo10
KebbiBirnin Kebbi18

Every Town in Nigeria

488 towns · largest first

Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha · Aba · Maiduguri · Ilorin · Jos · Sokoto · Zaria · Enugu · Warri · Oyo · Abeokuta · Akure · Bauchi · Agege · Katsina · Osogbo · Gombe · Ile-Ife · Ajegunle · Ogbia · Owerri · Calabar · Ebute Ikorodu · Saminaka · Okene · Ikare · Yola · Uyo · Ado-Ekiti · Ogbomoso · Minna · Lekki · Bida · Makurdi · Ondo · Umuahia · Iseyin · Yenagoa · Gboko · Ijebu Ode · Obalende · Ilesa · Ikeja · Akowonjo · Alimosho · Sapele · Efon-Alaaye · Owo · Ikot Ekpene · Ota · Iwo · Jimeta · Atani · Aliayabiagba · Gusau · Mubi · Ikire · Shagamu · Ugep · Chakwama · Mushin · Nnewi · Surulere · Ise-Ekiti · Ila Orangun · Saki · Oshodi · Awka · Ijero-Ekiti · Inisa · Suleja · Ede · Kisi · Shomolu · Irewe · Gbongan · Ejigbo · Funtua · Igboho · Buguma · Ikirun · Abakaliki · Okrika · Amaigbo · Lafia · Gashua · Modakeke · Bama · Ilobu · Jalingo · Okigwe · Offa · Esuk Oron · Nsukka · Nguru · Hadejia · Ijebu-Igbo · Uromi · Birnin Kebbi · Pindiga · Azare · Nkpor · Ikere-Ekiti · Lafiagi · Alasia · Kontagora · Kuje · Biu · Olupona · Lere · Wukari · Igbo-Ora · Emure-Ekiti