Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaduna weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kaduna: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaria (72 km away). In July its highs average 27.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kaduna, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks joint 121st of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 38th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Kaduna is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 254 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Kaduna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zaria in JulyNigeria · 72 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Funtua in JulyNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Lere in JulyNigeria · 125 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Minna in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Malumfashi in JulyNigeria · 142 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Kagoro in JulyNigeria · 146 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Suleja in JulyNigeria · 152 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 276 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 Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.