Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Jos: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Jos, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 43rd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Jos is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 47 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 62 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 66 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Bauchi in SeptemberNigeria · 113 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 164 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 181 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 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.