Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 10th 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In September its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Makurdi, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Makurdi is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 84 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gboko in SeptemberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Lafia in SeptemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Effium in SeptemberNigeria · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Wukari in SeptemberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in SeptemberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 245 mm rain
- Nsukka in SeptemberNigeria · 158 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Isieke in SeptemberNigeria · 160 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 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.