Climate averages 1991–2020
Daura weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Daura: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potiskum (40 km away). In April its highs average 39.0°C, about as warm as Daura, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Daura ranks 16th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Daura is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 37.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 22 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
Daura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 22 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 123 | 18.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 186 | 21.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 79 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°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
April in nearby cities
- Potiskum in AprilNigeria · 40 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Azare in AprilNigeria · 133 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Biu in AprilNigeria · 135 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Gashua in AprilNigeria · 152 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Hadejia in AprilNigeria · 179 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Nguru in AprilNigeria · 180 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Pindiga in AprilNigeria · 181 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Chakwama in AprilNigeria · 190 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 2.8 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 Daura) is explained once on the Daura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.