Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 38.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (100 km away). In April its highs average 37.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kano, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 19th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Kano is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 37.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 33 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
Kano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 164 | 21.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 241 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Malumfashi in AprilNigeria · 100 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Zaria in AprilNigeria · 131 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Chakwama in AprilNigeria · 134 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Funtua in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Katsina in AprilNigeria · 148 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Hadejia in AprilNigeria · 173 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Lere in AprilNigeria · 180 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Azare in AprilNigeria · 186 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 2.3 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 Kano) is explained once on the Kano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.