Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th 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 Kontagora: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minna (147 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Kontagora, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks joint 40th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 48th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Kontagora is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 58 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Minna in SeptemberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Bida in SeptemberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Lafiagi in SeptemberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 216 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Kisi in SeptemberNigeria · 230 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 231 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Jega in SeptemberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Ilorin in SeptemberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 157 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.