Jos
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jos, looking south from Anglo-Jos: Daudajos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jos is a city in Nigeria, in Plateau State. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 9.93° N, 8.89° E, about 1,186 m (3,891 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jos. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jos has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 13°C (56°F). Around 1,035 mm (41 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 · 172 km
- Abuja · 181 km
- Zaria · 183 km
- Kano · 234 km
- Enugu · 416 km
- Onitsha · 479 km
- Ilorin · 501 km
- Maiduguri · 513 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2335953 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q321079 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jos, looking south from Anglo-Jos: Daudajos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- ENTRANCE TO JOS WILD LIFE PARK: Yusufdavid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
