Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Abuja: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In April its highs average 34.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Abuja, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks 43rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 40th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Abuja is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Abuja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 19 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 314 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 285 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 137 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Kuje in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 37 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 48 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 105 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 116 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Minna in AprilNigeria · 121 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 128 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Bida in AprilNigeria · 163 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 29 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 Abuja) is explained once on the Abuja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.