Maiduguri
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Maiduguri is a city in Nigeria, in Borno State. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 11.85° N, 13.16° E, about 325 m (1,066 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Maiduguri. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Maiduguri has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 41°C (106°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (57°F). Around 546 mm (21 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
- Kano · 504 km
- Jos · 510 km
- Zaria · 596 km
- Kaduna · 638 km
- Abuja · 689 km
- Enugu · 859 km
- Sokoto · 870 km
- Onitsha · 938 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2331447 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q221436 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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