Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau 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 Gusau: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In April its highs average 36.3°C, 2.5°C cooler than Gusau, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks 17th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Gusau is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 37.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.7 mm to 39 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
Gusau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 39 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 116 | 17.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 202 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 114 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 30 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Funtua in AprilNigeria · 101 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AprilNigeria · 112 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Katsina in AprilNigeria · 137 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Maradi in AprilNiger · 155 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Zaria in AprilNigeria · 165 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Sokoto in AprilNigeria · 183 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 201 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 202 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 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 Gusau) is explained once on the Gusau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.