Climate averages 1991–2020
Zinder weather
in September.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Zinder: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a fairly dry 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 (175 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, 2.7°C cooler than Zinder, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Zinder ranks joint 4th of 8 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 8 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 8 cities is 35.6°C; Zinder is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 4.2 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
Zinder climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 16 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 68 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 133 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| September, selected | 34.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°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 · 175 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Hadejia in SeptemberNigeria · 189 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Nguru in SeptemberNigeria · 189 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Maradi in SeptemberNiger · 207 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 207 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Gashua in SeptemberNigeria · 245 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Chakwama in SeptemberNigeria · 260 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 269 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 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 Zinder) is explained once on the Zinder year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.