Katsina climate

Name: Katsina
Address: NG

Katsina is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (172 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Katsina averages 422 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 670,000 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 172 mm
Least cloud December 24 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 7.2 °C

What to expectKatsina through the year

Katsina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 286 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 December to 172 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.0 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
February	32.2 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
March	36.1 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
April	38.5 °C	2 mm	43 %
May	38.0 °C	17 mm	46 %
June	35.6 °C	40 mm	44 %
July	31.8 °C	98 mm	64 %
August	29.6 °C	172 mm	74 %
September	31.8 °C	79 mm	56 %
October	34.4 °C	13 mm	40 %
November	32.9 °C	under 1 mm	31 %
December	29.7 °C	0 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.0 °C	14.1 °C	21.2 °C	37.1 °C	7.2 °C	28	12
February	32.2 °C	16.5 °C	24.1 °C	39.9 °C	9.7 °C	28	20
March	36.1 °C	20.1 °C	28.0 °C	41.1 °C	11.2 °C	31	30
April	38.5 °C	23.3 °C	31.0 °C	42.3 °C	16.4 °C	30	30
May	38.0 °C	25.0 °C	31.3 °C	41.4 °C	17.8 °C	31	31
June	35.6 °C	24.6 °C	29.6 °C	40.3 °C	20.2 °C	30	30
July	31.8 °C	23.0 °C	26.8 °C	38.1 °C	20.2 °C	31	24
August	29.6 °C	22.0 °C	25.3 °C	34.2 °C	19.5 °C	30	13
September	31.8 °C	22.5 °C	26.6 °C	37.6 °C	18.3 °C	30	25
October	34.4 °C	21.4 °C	27.5 °C	38.1 °C	16.7 °C	31	30
November	32.9 °C	18.1 °C	25.1 °C	37.3 °C	13.0 °C	30	27
December	29.7 °C	14.9 °C	21.9 °C	35.4 °C	10.1 °C	30	14

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	19 %	17 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	15 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	13 %	16 km/h
April	2 mm	1	12 h/day	43 %	22 %	15 km/h
May	17 mm	4	13 h/day	46 %	41 %	16 km/h
June	40 mm	8	13 h/day	44 %	57 %	16 km/h
July	98 mm	17	13 h/day	64 %	71 %	16 km/h
August	172 mm	20	13 h/day	74 %	79 %	14 km/h
September	79 mm	11	12 h/day	56 %	74 %	13 km/h
October	13 mm	2	12 h/day	40 %	47 %	13 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	23 %	15 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	21 %	16 km/h

How Katsina 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
Katsina	39 °C	14 °C	422 mm	360
Maradi · Niger	40 °C	14 °C	282 mm	362
Gusau · Nigeria	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Zinder · Niger	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356
Sokoto · Nigeria	41 °C	18 °C	382 mm	364

Where Katsina ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	3rd of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in November	3rd of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	4th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	4th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	10th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in February	10th of 50	0.01 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Katsina’s climate

When is the best time to visit Katsina?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Katsina get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 286 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 Katsina?

August, averaging 172 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 422 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 Katsina 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: 12.991°, 7.602° (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.