Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuje weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kuje: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 316 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suleja (34 km away). In September its highs average 28.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuje, with 336 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kuje ranks joint 50th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 128th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Kuje is level with that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 316 mm to 166 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Minna in SeptemberNigeria · 111 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Bida in SeptemberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 151 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 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.