Climate averages 1991–2020

Katsina weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Katsina: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Katsina, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks joint 139th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Katsina is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Katsina, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Katsina

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 limits

How 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.