Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd 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 Minna: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 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 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In April its highs average 37.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Minna, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks joint 29th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Minna is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 87 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 128 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 211 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 279 | 27.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 253 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 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
- Bida in AprilNigeria · 84 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Suleja in AprilNigeria · 84 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kuje in AprilNigeria · 111 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Abuja in AprilNigeria · 121 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 141 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kontagora in AprilNigeria · 147 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Lafiagi in AprilNigeria · 150 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 169 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 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 Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.