Climate · Abuja

Abuja in September

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Abuja is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Abuja is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 94% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is September a good time to visit Abuja?


Yes. September is one of Abuja's best months (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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in September, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in September, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

94% of days in September, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in September, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in September, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

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

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  1. August84°29°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. September86°30°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. October88°31°low 71°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Abuja sits, in September

Africa/Lagos

this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:20 AMsets 6:31 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days

  • Lagos84°29° · 75°24° 6

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.