Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Jos: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In April its highs average 34.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Jos, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks joint 75th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Jos is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 131 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Lere in AprilNigeria · 62 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 66 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Bauchi in AprilNigeria · 113 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 164 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 165 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 172 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 181 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.