Katsina weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Katsina is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with December close behind. Katsina averages about 3,367 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

3,367

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

690 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

670k

Elevation

499 m

When is the best time to visit Katsina?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Katsina is January, then December. The dullest month is April (29/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Katsina?

Katsina is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,367 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate January (99) from April (29), so the month you pick matters. Katsina is the sunniest of the 23 destinations tracked in Nigeria. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 75% of the year's 690 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kano Nigeria · 142 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 447 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Niamey Niger · 595 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 727 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 806 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Owerri Nigeria · 844 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Zinder Niger · 167 km · 3,402 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kaduna Nigeria · 260 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Sokoto Nigeria · 266 km · 3,060 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bauchi Nigeria · 361 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jos Nigeria · 397 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Jan