Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Abuja: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 285 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Abuja, with 316 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks joint 74th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 119th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Abuja is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 285 mm to 137 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Minna in SeptemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Bida in SeptemberNigeria · 163 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 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.