Kaduna climate

Name: Kaduna
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Kaduna is warmest in March, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. August is the wettest month (250 mm) and January the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kaduna averages 932 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 1,850,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 36 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 250 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record April 40 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectKaduna through the year

Kaduna has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 36 °C in March, a swing of 6.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 201 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 250 mm against 0 mm in January — 1,534 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.9 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
February	33.4 °C	1 mm	34 %
March	35.6 °C	4 mm	48 %
April	35.3 °C	27 mm	59 %
May	32.4 °C	89 mm	68 %
June	29.2 °C	114 mm	75 %
July	27.1 °C	167 mm	84 %
August	26.2 °C	250 mm	87 %
September	27.8 °C	195 mm	79 %
October	29.5 °C	84 mm	64 %
November	31.3 °C	under 1 mm	39 %
December	30.7 °C	under 1 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.9 °C	16.6 °C	23.3 °C	36.0 °C	10.9 °C	31	20
February	33.4 °C	18.6 °C	25.8 °C	38.5 °C	12.6 °C	28	26
March	35.6 °C	21.1 °C	28.4 °C	39.3 °C	15.7 °C	31	31
April	35.3 °C	23.1 °C	28.9 °C	39.5 °C	16.5 °C	30	30
May	32.4 °C	22.9 °C	27.1 °C	38.0 °C	18.2 °C	31	26
June	29.2 °C	21.6 °C	24.9 °C	34.7 °C	18.9 °C	30	8
July	27.1 °C	20.6 °C	23.3 °C	31.0 °C	18.1 °C	28	1
August	26.2 °C	20.2 °C	22.7 °C	31.0 °C	18.1 °C	24	0
September	27.8 °C	20.2 °C	23.4 °C	31.7 °C	18.3 °C	29	1
October	29.5 °C	19.7 °C	24.1 °C	33.7 °C	14.0 °C	31	12
November	31.3 °C	17.7 °C	24.2 °C	35.0 °C	12.5 °C	30	26
December	30.7 °C	16.9 °C	23.3 °C	35.1 °C	12.5 °C	31	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	24 %	18 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	21 %	17 km/h
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	48 %	27 %	16 km/h
April	27 mm	5	12 h/day	59 %	48 %	15 km/h
May	89 mm	14	13 h/day	68 %	69 %	15 km/h
June	114 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	80 %	15 km/h
July	167 mm	24	13 h/day	84 %	85 %	15 km/h
August	250 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	14 km/h
September	195 mm	25	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	84 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	78 %	11 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	42 %	15 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	26 %	28 %	17 km/h

How Kaduna compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kaduna	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Minna · Nigeria	38 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	361
Suleja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,530 mm	355
Abuja · Nigeria	36 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	355
Jos · Nigeria	32 °C	14 °C	1,183 mm	309
Gusau · Nigeria	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363

Where Kaduna ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	28th of 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in the world in November	30th of 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	32nd of 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world in January	32nd of 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	45th of 50	0.4 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	45th of 50	0.6 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kaduna.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kaduna’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kaduna?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kaduna get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 201 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kaduna?

August, averaging 250 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 932 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kaduna rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 10.526°, 7.439° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.