Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokoto weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Sokoto: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (82 km away). In September its highs average 34.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Sokoto, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks 4th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Sokoto is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 13 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
Sokoto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.4°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 33 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 14.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 171 | 18.8 | 12.613 h |
| September, selected | 32.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 68 | 9.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°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
September in nearby cities
- Birni N Konni in SeptemberNiger · 82 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in SeptemberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Jega in SeptemberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Gusau in SeptemberNigeria · 183 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Tahoua in SeptemberNiger · 203 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Maradi in SeptemberNiger · 207 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Dosso in SeptemberNiger · 222 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Katsina in SeptemberNigeria · 256 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 79 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 Sokoto) is explained once on the Sokoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.