Climate averages 1991–2020

Kaduna weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kaduna: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaria (72 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kaduna, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks 120th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Kaduna is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kaduna climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kaduna, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	30.9°C16.6°C	16.6°C	0.2	0.0	11.612 h
February	33.4°C18.6°C	18.6°C	0.2	0.1	11.812 h
March	35.7°C21.0°C	21.0°C	4.7	0.9	12.112 h
April	35.3°C23.2°C	23.2°C	28	5.9	12.412 h
May	32.3°C23.0°C	23.0°C	96	15.0	12.613 h
June	29.1°C21.6°C	21.6°C	116	17.6	12.713 h
July	27.0°C20.6°C	20.6°C	170	24.9	12.713 h
August	26.2°C20.2°C	20.2°C	254	27.5	12.512 h
September	27.7°C20.2°C	20.2°C	206	25.6	12.212 h
October	29.5°C19.8°C	19.8°C	89	12.6	11.912 h
November	31.3°C17.8°C	17.8°C	0.5	0.1	11.712 h
December	30.7°C16.9°C	16.9°C	0.4	0.0	11.512 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Kaduna

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.