Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafanchan weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Kafanchan: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet 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 Kagoro (11 km away). In April its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Kafanchan, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kafanchan ranks joint 50th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 43rd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Kafanchan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 134 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
Kafanchan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 134 | 20.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 184 | 25.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 253 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 25.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 333 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 105 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 11 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Jos in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 94 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Lere in AprilNigeria · 95 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 105 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 123 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 130 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kuje in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 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 Kafanchan) is explained once on the Kafanchan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.