Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuje weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Kuje: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Suleja (34 km away). In April its highs average 34.3°C, about as warm as Kuje, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kuje ranks 39th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 41st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Kuje is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 138 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
Kuje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 138 | 18.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 207 | 23.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 265 | 27.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 311 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 316 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 166 | 22.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 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
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 34 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Minna in AprilNigeria · 111 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Bida in AprilNigeria · 136 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 148 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 151 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 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 Kuje) is explained once on the Kuje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.