Climate averages 1991–2020
Maiduguri weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Maiduguri: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bama (68 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Maiduguri, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Maiduguri ranks 7th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Maiduguri is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 17 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bama in SeptemberNigeria · 68 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Gamboru in SeptemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Biu in SeptemberNigeria · 173 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mubi in SeptemberNigeria · 176 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Maroua in SeptemberCameroon · 188 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Daura in SeptemberNigeria · 193 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 79 mm rain
- N'Djamena in SeptemberChad · 207 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Potiskum in SeptemberNigeria · 226 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 97 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.