Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Minna: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In September its highs average 29.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Minna, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks joint 33rd of 143 for the warmest September highs and 106th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Minna is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 103 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bida in SeptemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Suleja in SeptemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 336 mm rain
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 111 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Kontagora in SeptemberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Lafiagi in SeptemberNigeria · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 169 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 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.