Sokoto
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Sokoto is a city in Nigeria. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 13.06° N, 5.24° E, about 296 m (971 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sokoto. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sokoto has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 41°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (58°F). Around 699 mm (28 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.
What to eat in NigeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Zaria · 345 km
- Kaduna · 368 km
- Kano · 373 km
- Abuja · 507 km
- Ilorin · 512 km
- Jos · 526 km
- Ibadan · 647 km
- Benin City · 748 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2322911 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q336350 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sokoto market 2006: No machine-readable author provided. Jensbn~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)