Climate averages 1991–2020
Maradi weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Maradi: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (78 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Maradi, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Maradi ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 8 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 8 cities is 35.6°C; Maradi is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 8.8 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Maradi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September, selected | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Katsina in SeptemberNigeria · 78 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Gusau in SeptemberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 198 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in SeptemberNiger · 203 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Zinder in SeptemberNiger · 207 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Sokoto in SeptemberNigeria · 207 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Funtua in SeptemberNigeria · 221 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 227 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Maradi) is explained once on the Maradi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.