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Last and first frost dates in Abuja

Nigeria

Abuja had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Abuja

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Abuja

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Kaduna161 km——
Jos181 km——
Enugu291 km——
Ilorin328 km——
Kano345 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Abuja

Within 15 km of Abuja OpenStreetMap lists 15 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Wuye Ultra Modern Market, 5 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Abuja by month

Average weather in Abuja over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (26.7–35.2 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: October–May (30–35.2 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 20.9 °C. About 1006 mm of rain falls in a year, on 136 days; August is the wettest month (237 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January33.821.100
February35.122.841
March35.224142
April33.924265
May31.523.18713
June28.921.813920
July27.221.119827
August26.720.923727
September27.92119925
October3021.49815
November32.82241
December33.621.500

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).