Kano climate

Name: Kano
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Kano is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (240 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kano averages 634 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 4,910,000 · 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 April 38 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 240 mm
Least cloud December 25 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 8.2 °C

What to expectKano through the year

Kano has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 9.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 273 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 240 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.1 °C	0 mm	27 %
February	32.2 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
March	36.0 °C	under 1 mm	40 %
April	38.4 °C	4 mm	48 %
May	37.5 °C	31 mm	51 %
June	34.5 °C	68 mm	53 %
July	30.8 °C	155 mm	69 %
August	29.2 °C	240 mm	77 %
September	30.9 °C	115 mm	63 %
October	33.3 °C	21 mm	47 %
November	32.4 °C	under 1 mm	34 %
December	29.5 °C	under 1 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.1 °C	13.5 °C	21.3 °C	37.0 °C	8.2 °C	28	12
February	32.2 °C	15.7 °C	24.1 °C	39.2 °C	9.2 °C	28	20
March	36.0 °C	18.9 °C	27.8 °C	41.0 °C	11.7 °C	31	30
April	38.4 °C	22.3 °C	30.6 °C	42.4 °C	13.4 °C	30	30
May	37.5 °C	24.4 °C	30.7 °C	41.4 °C	14.2 °C	31	31
June	34.5 °C	23.9 °C	28.6 °C	40.3 °C	18.6 °C	30	29
July	30.8 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	37.4 °C	19.4 °C	31	21
August	29.2 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	33.8 °C	19.6 °C	30	9
September	30.9 °C	22.0 °C	26.0 °C	35.4 °C	18.1 °C	30	21
October	33.3 °C	20.5 °C	26.7 °C	36.6 °C	14.8 °C	31	30
November	32.4 °C	16.9 °C	24.7 °C	37.1 °C	10.4 °C	30	27
December	29.5 °C	14.2 °C	21.8 °C	35.1 °C	8.9 °C	30	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	22 %	14 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	18 %	14 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	17 %	14 km/h
April	4 mm	1	12 h/day	48 %	28 %	14 km/h
May	31 mm	5	13 h/day	51 %	48 %	15 km/h
June	68 mm	12	13 h/day	53 %	64 %	15 km/h
July	155 mm	21	13 h/day	69 %	75 %	15 km/h
August	240 mm	24	13 h/day	77 %	81 %	14 km/h
September	115 mm	15	12 h/day	63 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	21 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	57 %	12 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	29 %	13 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	25 %	13 km/h

How Kano 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
Kano	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Chakwama · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	633 mm	362
Katsina · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	422 mm	360
Kaduna · Nigeria	36 °C	17 °C	932 mm	352
Gusau · Nigeria	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363
Zinder · Niger	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358

Where Kano ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in January	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	8th of 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in the world in November	8th of 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	19th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in December	19th of 50	0.01 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kano’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kano?

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

How hot does Kano get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 273 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kano?

August, averaging 240 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 634 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 Kano 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: 12.000°, 8.517° (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.