Climate averages 1991–2020
Funtua weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly 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 Funtua: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly 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 Malumfashi (45 km away). In April its highs average 37.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Funtua, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Funtua ranks 31st of 143 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Funtua is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 69 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
Funtua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 108 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 245 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 164 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°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
April in nearby cities
- Malumfashi in AprilNigeria · 45 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Zaria in AprilNigeria · 64 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Gusau in AprilNigeria · 101 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 112 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Katsina in AprilNigeria · 166 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Lere in AprilNigeria · 187 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Maradi in AprilNiger · 221 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.5 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 Funtua) is explained once on the Funtua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.