Weather in Kano Municipal

Calculated from weather data of Mallam Aminu International Airport (DNKN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.4	30.1	30.0	27.5	31.3	26.8
February	31.1	31.8	31.6	30.6	31.1	29.8
March	36.8	39.2	37.7	35.6	36.2	37.2
April	39.0		39.1	38.5	39.0	40.1
May	37.9		39.1	38.5	39.1	38.7
June	34.1		34.2	34.3	36.2	35.2
July	30.7		32.5	30.3	31.1	30.5
August	29.3		30.6	28.5	30.3	28.3
September	31.3		31.6	30.6	30.5	30.1
October	33.4		33.5	32.3	34.7	32.8
November	32.8		34.2	32.0	35.0	32.2
December	29.8		30.6	31.5	27.3	32.5
Average	32.8	33.7	33.7	32.6	33.5	32.8

6th 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	13.6	13	12	13	13	13
February	15.7	17	14	14	14	15
March	20.3	20	19	19	20	20
April	25.0		23	26	22	26
May	25.1		25	23	25	27
June	23.8		24	22	25	25
July	21.6		21	19	21	22
August	21.2		20	22	22	18
September	22.1		23	20	23	22
October	18.9		19	15	20	18
November	16.2		18	13	15	15
December	13.5		13	12	15	14
Average	19.4	16.3	19.0	18.2	19.3	19.3

2nd lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	67	293	243	270	246
25 °C or warmer	88	357	316	340	344
20 °C or warmer	91	364	337	351	355
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

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	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.4		0	0	1	1
June	0.2		0	0	0	0
July	1.1		1	1	1	2
August	2.6		2	6	1	3
September	0.6		0	0	0	1
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3		0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5

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 (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.7	15	15	17	17	17
February	16.0	15	18	17	17	18
March	14.2	13	15	14	15	14
April	15.2		15	14	14	17
May	15.3		15	14	14	16
June	14.4		14	15	14	16
July	14.6		12	17	17	15
August	12.9		12	14	12	14
September	10.3		10	10	10	10
October	11.3		11	12	11	11
November	13.7		13	14	12	15
December	14.5		13	15	16	13
Average	14.0	14.5	13.8	14.2	14.0	14.8

6th 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	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
April		W	SW	NE	SE
May		SW	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	SW
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		SW	SW	SW	SW
September		W	SW	W	SW
October		NE	NE	NE	NE
November		NE	NE	NE	NE
December		NE	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

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

Kano Municipal weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Kano Municipal?

The warmest month is April with an average temperature of 39 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Kano Municipal?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Kano Municipal?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in August with a probability of around 2.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Kano Municipal?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.0 %.