Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry 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 Bida (70 km away). In April its highs average 37.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lafiagi, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafiagi ranks 20th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 34th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Lafiagi is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 99 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
Lafiagi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 161 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 217 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bida in AprilNigeria · 70 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Ilorin in AprilNigeria · 104 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in AprilNigeria · 109 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Offa in AprilNigeria · 109 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Oyan in AprilNigeria · 114 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Ipoti in AprilNigeria · 115 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Ijero-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 122 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Ode in AprilNigeria · 123 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 106 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 Lafiagi) is explained once on the Lafiagi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.