Jos is bathed in sunshine — 294 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Jos, Nigeria is a 966K-resident city with 294 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 64.6 µg/m³. A city in Nigeria.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 29 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 |
| Daily mean°C | 23 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
| Daily low°C | 15 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 19 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 32 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 34 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 24 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 28 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 9 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 31 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 61 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 52 |
| Dewpoint°C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 12.9 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 152 | 233 | 229 | 197 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 884 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 |
| Clear skyindex | 56% | 75% | 55% | 47% | 49% | 49% | 35% | 28% | 34% | 50% | 65% | 74% | 51% |
| UV indexmax avg | 9.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
Jos offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive, while walking works 8/12 months.
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Air Quality
Jos reports an annual PM2.5 of 64.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Jos reports an annual PM2.5 of 64.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 64.6 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Jos? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Jos's annual PM2.5 of 64.6 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.
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