Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In April its highs average 33.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Makurdi, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 33rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 36th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Makurdi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 90 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 90 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 172 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in AprilNigeria · 70 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 85 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Effium in AprilNigeria · 133 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Wukari in AprilNigeria · 139 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 143 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AprilNigeria · 146 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Nsukka in AprilNigeria · 158 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Isieke in AprilNigeria · 160 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 98 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 Makurdi) is explained once on the Makurdi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.