Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Bida: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry 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 Lafiagi (70 km away). In April its highs average 38.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bida, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks joint 21st of 143 for the warmest April highs and 31st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Bida is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 75 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
Bida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 37.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 238 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 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
- Lafiagi in AprilNigeria · 70 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Minna in AprilNigeria · 84 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 129 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kuje in AprilNigeria · 136 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Ode in AprilNigeria · 147 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Kontagora in AprilNigeria · 159 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 163 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Ipoti in AprilNigeria · 169 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 113 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 Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.