Climate averages 1991–2020
Jega 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 Jega: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In September its highs average 32.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Jega, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks 10th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 13th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Jega is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 20 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
Jega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 34 | 6.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 57 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 31.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°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
- Birnin Kebbi in SeptemberNigeria · 32 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Sokoto in SeptemberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Dosso in SeptemberNiger · 158 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in SeptemberNiger · 199 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Kontagora in SeptemberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Gusau in SeptemberNigeria · 248 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Niamey in SeptemberNiger · 285 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Tahoua in SeptemberNiger · 312 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.