Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Lafia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In September its highs average 28.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lafia, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 46th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Lafia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 79 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 81 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Makurdi in SeptemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Gboko in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Wukari in SeptemberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 184 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.