Abuja
Capital of Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
The National Assembly Globe: Ovinuchi Prince Ejiohuo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Abuja is the capital of Nigeria, in FCT. About 2.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 9.06° N, 7.50° E, about 476 m (1,562 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Abuja. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Abuja has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 16°C (62°F). Around 1,184 mm (47 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NigeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kaduna · 163 km
- Jos · 181 km
- Zaria · 229 km
- Enugu · 290 km
- Ilorin · 330 km
- Onitsha · 332 km
- Kano · 345 km
- Benin City · 365 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2352778 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3787 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- The National Assembly Globe: Ovinuchi Prince Ejiohuo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Asorock: Eman007, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Children's playground, Millennium Park: Turizimpressions, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Newlea: Gary, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Abuja Airplane House: Moises.on, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- World Trade Center Nigeria: Gwanki, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Abuja city gate: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
