Climate averages 1991–2020
Funtua weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Funtua: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (45 km away). In February its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Funtua, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Funtua ranks joint 131st of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Funtua is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Malumfashi in FebruaryNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zaria in FebruaryNigeria · 64 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Gusau in FebruaryNigeria · 101 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Kaduna in FebruaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kano in FebruaryNigeria · 141 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Katsina in FebruaryNigeria · 166 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Lere in FebruaryNigeria · 187 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Maradi in FebruaryNiger · 221 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 0 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.