Climate Zaria Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaduna Airport (DNKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.5	56	50	56	73	29
February	39.1	36	32	54	57	24
March	65.2	0	93	41	56	65
April	79.8		73	88	85	80
May	80.9		75	74	93	100
June	54.3		42	64	79	59
July	43.7		55	39	35	27
August	26.2		26	26	27	21
September	48.0		58	44	53	39
October	61.7		61	64		57
November	68.6		49	79	100	61
December	70.5		59	88	55	78
Average	60.9	47.6	55.1	57.6	60.5	51.4

11th best VFR conditions of Nigeria

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.9	70	68	87	76	74
February	56.7	54	49	73	70	50
March	75.4	0	96	55	72	75
April	93.5		89	98	94	98
May	93.5		90	96	100	100
June	85.7		86	81	98	81
July	79.5		94	74	75	57
August	63.0		74	55	64	52
September	80.9		87	79	85	76
October	86.7		86	90		80
November	89.7		80	98	100	84
December	85.0		88	94	63	83
Average	78.8	63.4	81.4	80.4	79.1	74.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.0	32	31	28	32	27
February	30.8	33	32	29	31	30
March	34.0	33	34	35	34	34
April	33.1		34	32	33	34
May	31.9		34	30	32	28
June	28.7		30	28	29	28
July	27.5		30	27	27	27
August	26.4		28	26	27	25
September	28.1		30	28	29	28
October	30.5		32	30		30
November	31.6		33	33	34	31
December	30.9		32	32	29	32
Average	29.7	32.4	31.6	29.8	30.2	29.6

14th highest temperature of Nigeria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.5	18	18	18	19	19
February	20.7	21	19	21	21	21
March	24.9	33	24	25	25	24
April	26.4		25	28	28	25
May	25.4		23	28	25	28
June	23.5		22	23	25	24
July	22.6		22	21	23	23
August	21.9		22	21	21	22
September	21.8		23	21	21	22
October	22.6		25	20		22
November	21.5		24	18	22	21
December	19.7		18	17	23	20
Average	22.7	19.5	22.0	21.3	22.8	21.9

3rd lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.2	0	0	1	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	1.2		1	4	0	0
July	1.9		1	2	6	0
August	7.5		5	14	3	7
September	2.5		2	5	0	3
October	0.0		0	0		0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	1.7		0.6	2.9	0.9	0.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.7	10	10	10	9	10
February	10.0	10	11	10	8	11
March	7.0	0	6	8	8	7
April	6.8		7	7	7	6
May	7.1		7	7	7	4
June	6.6		7	7	6	6
July	6.7		6	8	7	6
August	6.6		7	7	6	7
September	5.0		5	5	4	5
October	6.2		6	6		6
November	8.0		8	9	10	8
December	8.6		9	9	10	8
Average	7.3	9.9	7.6	7.6	7.2	7.3

14th highest wind speed of Nigeria

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	058°	066°	054°	057°	059°
February	059°	056°	058°	061°	058°
March	360°	076°	073°	062°	077°
April		245°	223°	118°	219°
May		224°	216°	219°	194°
June		211°	204°	197°	215°
July		209°	215°	213°	226°
August		209°	221°	218°	225°
September		185°	206°	205°	213°
October		063°	051°		069°
November		058°	060°	066°	056°
December		058°	059°	053°	062°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.