Climate averages 1991–2020
Katsina 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 Katsina: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In July its highs average 33.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Katsina, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks joint 12th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 8th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Katsina is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 173 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Maradi in JulyNiger · 78 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Malumfashi in JulyNigeria · 134 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Gusau in JulyNigeria · 137 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kano in JulyNigeria · 148 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Funtua in JulyNigeria · 166 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Zinder in JulyNiger · 175 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Zaria in JulyNigeria · 209 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Sokoto in JulyNigeria · 256 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 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.