Climate averages 1991–2020
Bama weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 9th 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 Bama: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maiduguri (68 km away). In September its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Bama, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bama ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Bama is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 20 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
Bama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 4.5 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 24 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 100 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 179 | 21.9 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Maiduguri in SeptemberNigeria · 68 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Gamboru in SeptemberNigeria · 110 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Maroua in SeptemberCameroon · 124 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Mubi in SeptemberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- N'Djamena in SeptemberChad · 161 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Guider in SeptemberCameroon · 179 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Biu in SeptemberNigeria · 192 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Daura in SeptemberNigeria · 249 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 79 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 Bama) is explained once on the Bama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.