Climate averages 1991–2020
Suleja weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Suleja: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 336 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (34 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Suleja, with 316 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Suleja ranks joint 88th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 134th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Suleja is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 336 mm to 181 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
Suleja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 147 | 18.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 23.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 276 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 335 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 336 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 181 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 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
- Kuje in SeptemberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Abuja in SeptemberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 285 mm rain
- Minna in SeptemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Keffi in SeptemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Bida in SeptemberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 130 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 152 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 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 Suleja) is explained once on the Suleja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.