Climate averages 1991–2020
Nguru weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Nguru: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gashua (63 km away). In April its highs average 40.4°C, about as warm as Nguru, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nguru ranks joint 3rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Nguru is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 40.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 9.9 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
Nguru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 18 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 75 | 12.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 147 | 17.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 7.2 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°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
April in nearby cities
- Gashua in AprilNigeria · 63 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Hadejia in AprilNigeria · 65 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Azare in AprilNigeria · 137 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Potiskum in AprilNigeria · 146 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Chakwama in AprilNigeria · 170 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Daura in AprilNigeria · 180 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Zinder in AprilNiger · 189 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 232 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 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 Nguru) is explained once on the Nguru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.