Climate averages 1991–2020
Katsina weather
in September.
A hot, moderately 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 Katsina: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In September its highs average 33.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Katsina, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Katsina is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 14 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Maradi in SeptemberNiger · 78 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 134 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Gusau in SeptemberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Funtua in SeptemberNigeria · 166 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Zinder in SeptemberNiger · 175 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Zaria in SeptemberNigeria · 209 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Sokoto in SeptemberNigeria · 256 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 68 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.