Climate averages 1991–2020
Katsina 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 Katsina: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In April its highs average 39.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Katsina, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks 18th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Katsina is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 18 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
Katsina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 32.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 18 | 4.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 41 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 173 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 79 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°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
- Maradi in AprilNiger · 78 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AprilNigeria · 134 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Gusau in AprilNigeria · 137 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 148 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Funtua in AprilNigeria · 166 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Zinder in AprilNiger · 175 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Zaria in AprilNigeria · 209 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Sokoto in AprilNigeria · 256 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 2.6 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 Katsina) is explained once on the Katsina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.