Climate averages 1991–2020
Maiduguri weather
in April.
A very hot, very 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 Maiduguri: daytime highs average 39.9°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bama (68 km away). In April its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Maiduguri, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Maiduguri ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Maiduguri is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.2 mm to 22 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
Maiduguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 22 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 35 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 104 | 16.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 189 | 21.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 82 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Bama in AprilNigeria · 68 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Gamboru in AprilNigeria · 128 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Biu in AprilNigeria · 173 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Mubi in AprilNigeria · 176 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Maroua in AprilCameroon · 188 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Daura in AprilNigeria · 193 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- N'Djamena in AprilChad · 207 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Potiskum in AprilNigeria · 226 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.6 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 Maiduguri) is explained once on the Maiduguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.