Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly 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 Zaria: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In April its highs average 36.3°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 29th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Zaria is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 79 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
Zaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 55 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 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
- Funtua in AprilNigeria · 64 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Kaduna in AprilNigeria · 72 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Lere in AprilNigeria · 123 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kano in AprilNigeria · 131 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Gusau in AprilNigeria · 165 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AprilNigeria · 181 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kagoro in AprilNigeria · 182 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 70 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 Zaria) is explained once on the Zaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.