Climate averages 1991–2020
Chakwama weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Chakwama: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a 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 Azare (59 km away). In September its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Chakwama, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Chakwama ranks joint 15th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 21st of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Chakwama is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 24 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
Chakwama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 2.8 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 29 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 166 | 21.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 24 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°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
- Azare in SeptemberNigeria · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Hadejia in SeptemberNigeria · 108 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 134 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Bauchi in SeptemberNigeria · 140 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Potiskum in SeptemberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 97 mm rain
- Nguru in SeptemberNigeria · 170 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 177 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Daura in SeptemberNigeria · 190 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 Chakwama) is explained once on the Chakwama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.