Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (100 km away). In September its highs average 29.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kano, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 17th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 22nd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Kano is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 23 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 100 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Zaria in SeptemberNigeria · 131 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Chakwama in SeptemberNigeria · 134 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Funtua in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Katsina in SeptemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Hadejia in SeptemberNigeria · 173 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 180 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Azare in SeptemberNigeria · 186 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 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.