Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafanchan weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kafanchan: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th 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 Kagoro (11 km away). In September its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Kafanchan, with 323 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kafanchan ranks joint 138th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 89th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Kafanchan is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 236 mm to 105 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 11 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Jos in SeptemberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 94 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 95 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 130 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 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.