Climate averages 1991–2020
Wukari weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Wukari: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (105 km away). In April its highs average 33.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Wukari, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Wukari ranks joint 33rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 38th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Wukari is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 105 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
Wukari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 105 | 14.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 100 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 196 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 184 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 129 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 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
- Gboko in AprilNigeria · 105 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Makurdi in AprilNigeria · 139 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Lafia in AprilNigeria · 155 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Jalingo in AprilNigeria · 208 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Kumbo in AprilCameroon · 210 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 250 mm rain
- Bamenda in AprilCameroon · 216 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 287 mm rain
- Effium in AprilNigeria · 235 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Keffi in AprilNigeria · 236 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 43 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 Wukari) is explained once on the Wukari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.