Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport

DNSO · Sokoto, Nigeria

Climate Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (DNSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.9 78 77 22 85
February 56.5 66 34 52 60 77
March 70.5 77 88 41 65 58
April 83.6 64 100 96 100
May 98.5 98 99
June 96.7 98 100 95 50
July 90.5 91 92 78
August 86.4 86 100 88
September 89.9 88 100 94 67
October 91.0 86 92 100 93
November 91.9 89 93 97 96
December 76.3 68 96 74 90
Average 81.0 74.0 80.8 72.8 83.5 90.0

4th best VFR conditions of Nigeria

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.7 91 83 22 89
February 67.7 73 52 72 68 77
March 77.7 85 91 44 73 74
April 88.4 70 100 100 100
May 99.5 100 99
June 99.4 99 100 100 100
July 98.4 99 100 78
August 95.0 96 100 90
September 96.8 96 100 98 100
October 94.7 89 100 100 97
November 98.0 96 100 100 99
December 85.5 79 100 93 90
Average 89.3 83.3 88.6 81.5 88.2 94.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.0 33 31 26 33
February 33.7 36 33 33 33 32
March 37.8 41 39 36 38 34
April 37.4 37 40 39 38
May 37.9 39 38
June 33.5 34 32 35 30
July 32.1 33 31 30
August 29.7 30 28 29
September 30.9 32 27 31 31
October 33.9 35 32 34 34
November 34.4 37 35 34 33
December 31.8 33 31 29 33
Average 33.0 36.8 34.1 32.8 34.3 33.4

1st highest temperature of Nigeria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.8 19 21 24 25
February 24.8 21 26 25 27 29
March 28.8 25 30 29 30 31
April 32.3 31 39 32 38
May 32.5 32 33
June 28.5 27 32 31 30
July 27.6 26 29 30
August 25.9 25 28 27
September 25.9 25 23 26 31
October 27.4 26 27 32 25
November 25.8 25 25 30 24
December 23.0 20 23 25 25
Average 27.1 21.8 25.6 26.4 29.1 26.3

16th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.6 2 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 4.0 5 0 0
September 2.5 3 0 2 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.1 0.8 0.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 9 12 12 11
February 10.3 7 13 13 12 11
March 9.1 7 10 13 11 9
April 9.9 11 6 10 9
May 9.4 9 9
June 9.5 9 11 9 14
July 8.4 8 10 12
August 5.8 6 8 5
September 5.0 4 7 6 7
October 5.7 5 8 4 7
November 9.2 8 11 9 10
December 10.5 10 14 12 8
Average 9.6 7.6 8.6 11.8 9.6 8.4

1st highest wind speed of Nigeria

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 119° 081° 095° 105°
February 122° 070° 078° 083° 120°
March 138° 084° 102° 073° 152°
April 159° 310° 196° 281°
May 237° 246°
June 202° 263° 259° 220°
July 275° 248° 281°
August 249° 289° 243°
September 271° 231° 262° 273°
October 140° 111° 173° 122°
November 127° 072° 130° 113°
December 122° 068° 110° 104°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.