Climate averages 1991–2020
Bauchi weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th 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 Bauchi: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th 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 Jos (113 km away). In September its highs average 25.9°C, 2.6°C cooler than Bauchi, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bauchi ranks joint 55th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 43rd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Bauchi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 55 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
Bauchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 17 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 159 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 272 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 323 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 185 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Jos in SeptemberNigeria · 113 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Pindiga in SeptemberNigeria · 127 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Chakwama in SeptemberNigeria · 140 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Azare in SeptemberNigeria · 156 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 177 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 188 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Potiskum in SeptemberNigeria · 206 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 97 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 Bauchi) is explained once on the Bauchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.