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Abuja in April

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Abuja is very hot: highs near 98°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Abuja is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
98°F37°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
12h 19mon average

Is April a good time to visit Abuja?

A good month, just outside Abuja's best months, which run in two parts: July to September, or November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 98°F in April, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in April, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in April, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in April, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 19m in April, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March100°38°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April98°37°low 76°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May92°33°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Abuja sits, in April

Africa/Lagos
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:21 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in April

high · low · wet days
  • Lagos90°32° · 80°27° 5
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Abuja

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.