Kano weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇬 Nigeria · major city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Kano is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with December close behind. Kano averages about 3,209 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,209
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 629 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 4.9M
- Elevation
- 473 m
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When is the best time to visit Kano?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kano is January, then December. The dullest month is April (28/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kano?
Kano is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,209 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate January (98) from April (28), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 629 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 11° / 52°F | 0 mm | 8 |
| February | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 15° / 59°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| March | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 18° / 64°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| April | 28 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 18 mm | 10 |
| May | 36 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 48 mm | 10 |
| June | 51 | 36° / 97°F | 24° / 75°F | 71 mm | 9 |
| July | 57 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 144 mm | 9 |
| August | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 204 mm | 10 |
| September | 71 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 105 mm | 10 |
| October | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 23 mm | 10 |
| November | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 15° / 59°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| December | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 12° / 54°F | 0 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Abuja Nigeria · 365 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Enugu Nigeria · 629 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Niamey Niger · 706 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
- N'Djamena Chad · 708 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
- Owerri Nigeria · 750 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
- Port Harcourt Nigeria · 801 km · best in Jan · 1,725 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Katsina Nigeria · 142 km · 3,367 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Zinder Niger · 199 km · 3,402 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kaduna Nigeria · 199 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bauchi Nigeria · 219 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Jos Nigeria · 270 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Kano compares month by month: Kano vs Abuja · Kano vs N'Djamena · Kano vs Niamey · Kano vs Enugu · all comparisons
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