Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Bida: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 22 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 Lafiagi (70 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bida, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks joint 21st of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 70th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Bida is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 75 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Lafiagi in SeptemberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Minna in SeptemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Ode in SeptemberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Kontagora in SeptemberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 163 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Ipoti in SeptemberNigeria · 169 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 243 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.