Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Zaria: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In June its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 31st of 143 for the warmest June highs and 28th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Zaria is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Funtua in JuneNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Kaduna in JuneNigeria · 72 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Malumfashi in JuneNigeria · 76 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Lere in JuneNigeria · 123 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Kano in JuneNigeria · 131 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Gusau in JuneNigeria · 165 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Kafanchan in JuneNigeria · 181 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 184 mm rain
- Kagoro in JuneNigeria · 182 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 260 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.