Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in June.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (100 km away). In June its highs average 32.2°C, 2.3°C cooler than Kano, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 17th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 21st of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Kano is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Malumfashi in JuneNigeria · 100 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Zaria in JuneNigeria · 131 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Chakwama in JuneNigeria · 134 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Funtua in JuneNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Katsina in JuneNigeria · 148 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Hadejia in JuneNigeria · 173 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Lere in JuneNigeria · 180 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Azare in JuneNigeria · 186 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 46 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.