Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (100 km away). In July its highs average 29.0°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kano, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 18th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 33rd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Kano is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 241 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Malumfashi in JulyNigeria · 100 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Zaria in JulyNigeria · 131 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Chakwama in JulyNigeria · 134 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Funtua in JulyNigeria · 141 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Katsina in JulyNigeria · 148 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Hadejia in JulyNigeria · 173 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Lere in JulyNigeria · 180 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Azare in JulyNigeria · 186 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 139 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.