Climate averages 1991–2020
Nsukka weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Nsukka: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aku (19 km away). In April its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Nsukka, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nsukka ranks joint 103rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 92nd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Nsukka is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 194 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
Nsukka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 57 | 10.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 194 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 245 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 232 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 277 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 217 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 41 | 7.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 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
- Aku in AprilNigeria · 19 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AprilNigeria · 46 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Enugu in AprilNigeria · 48 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Effium in AprilNigeria · 77 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Awka in AprilNigeria · 80 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Isieke in AprilNigeria · 88 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Agulu in AprilNigeria · 92 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AprilNigeria · 99 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 109 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 Nsukka) is explained once on the Nsukka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.