Climate averages 1991–2020
Lere weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Lere: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (62 km away). In April its highs average 31.9°C, 3.0°C cooler than Lere, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lere ranks 38th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 28th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Lere is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 98 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
Lere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 16.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 148 | 22.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 257 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 203 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Jos in AprilNigeria · 62 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 89 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 95 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Zaria in AprilNigeria · 123 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 125 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Bauchi in AprilNigeria · 139 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Chakwama in AprilNigeria · 177 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 180 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 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 Lere) is explained once on the Lere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.