Climate averages 1991–2020
Keffi weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Keffi: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abuja (48 km away). In April its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Keffi, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Keffi ranks 40th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Keffi is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 110 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
Keffi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 110 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 169 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 228 | 27.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 279 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 48 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kuje in AprilNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 81 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 85 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 94 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 102 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Makurdi in AprilNigeria · 143 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Jos in AprilNigeria · 164 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 39 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 Keffi) is explained once on the Keffi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.