GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Jos
Nigeria
Jos had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none 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 Jos
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 18 °C | already in the first week of January |
Frost dates near Jos
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Jos
Within 15 km of Jos OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres and 7 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Farin Gada Market, 5 km away.
- Farin Gada Market — market
Farin Gada Road · 5 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Jos: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Jos by month
Average weather in Jos over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (26.6–35.1 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: February–May and November (30.4–35.1 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 15.3 °C. About 845 mm of rain falls in a year, on 114 days; August is the wettest month (211 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 31.5 | 17.3 | 3 | 1 |
| March | 34.5 | 21.2 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 35.1 | 22.7 | 16 | 4 |
| May | 33 | 22.1 | 74 | 12 |
| June | 29.7 | 20.6 | 140 | 19 |
| July | 27.4 | 19.8 | 209 | 25 |
| August | 26.6 | 19.6 | 211 | 25 |
| September | 28.1 | 19.4 | 143 | 21 |
| October | 29.7 | 19.6 | 46 | 7 |
| November | 30.4 | 18.6 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 29.5 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 |
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).
