Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th 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 Gusau: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 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 Funtua (101 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Gusau, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks joint 19th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 19th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Gusau is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 30 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Funtua in SeptemberNigeria · 101 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Katsina in SeptemberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Maradi in SeptemberNiger · 155 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Zaria in SeptemberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Sokoto in SeptemberNigeria · 183 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 201 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 202 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 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.