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Last and first frost dates in Maiduguri

Nigeria

Maiduguri 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 Maiduguri

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 Maiduguri

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Kano504 km——
Jos512 km——
Kaduna641 km——
Abuja692 km——
Enugu862 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Maiduguri

Within 15 km of Maiduguri OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Maiduguri Monday Market, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Maiduguri by month

Average weather in Maiduguri over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (30.3–39.6 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: January–December (30.3–39.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 15.3 °C. About 494 mm of rain falls in a year, on 64 days; August is the wettest month (207 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January30.315.300
February32.617.400
March37.822.400
April39.625.210
May38.626.862
June35.325.6388
July31.92412816
August30.32320722
September32.223.59713
October34.522.5173
November33.919.500
December31.116.500

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).