Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Kontagora: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minna (147 km away). In April its highs average 36.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kontagora, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks 23rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 28th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Kontagora is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 81 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 37.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 312 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 192 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Minna in AprilNigeria · 147 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Bida in AprilNigeria · 159 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Lafiagi in AprilNigeria · 172 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 216 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kisi in AprilNigeria · 230 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 231 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Jega in AprilNigeria · 235 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ilorin in AprilNigeria · 235 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 50 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.