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When to go to Katsina

Twelve months of averages for Katsina, and what they say about when to go.

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What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Katsina State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): February to July, October and November.
Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): August and September.
The warmest month is April (39°C) and the coolest August (30°C). The wettest is August (230 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 690 mm of rain falls in a year.

Katsina: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanMild–warm, dry
FebHot
MarHot
AprHot
MayHot
JunHot
JulWet
AugWet
SeptMild–warm, mixed
OctHot
NovHot
DecMild–warm, dry

Month by month

Every month in Katsina

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Katsina by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	30°C	13°C	0 mm	19%	21%	5.5	23°C	Mild to warm and dry
February	34°C	16°C	0 mm	15%	27%	5.8	24°C	Hot
March	37°C	20°C	2 mm	13%	44%	6.2	27°C	Hot
April	39°C	24°C	10 mm	22%	59%	6.4	31°C	Hot
May	39°C	25°C	38 mm	38%	68%	6.3	35°C	Hot
June	36°C	25°C	97 mm	53%	61%	6.1	37°C	Hot
July	32°C	23°C	178 mm	67%	68%	5.7	39°C	Wet
August	30°C	22°C	230 mm	79%	75%	5.4	39°C	Wet
September	31°C	22°C	108 mm	75%	58%	6	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	34°C	20°C	19 mm	51%	42%	6	34°C	Hot
November	33°C	16°C	8 mm	28%	32%	5.8	29°C	Hot
December	30°C	14°C	0 mm	24%	17%	5.5	25°C	Mild to warm and dry

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Katsina State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

30°C

13°C

0 mm

19%

21%

5.5

23°C

Mild to warm and dry

February

34°C

16°C

0 mm

15%

27%

5.8

24°C

Hot

March

37°C

20°C

2 mm

13%

44%

6.2

27°C

Hot

April

39°C

24°C

10 mm

22%

59%

6.4

31°C

Hot

May

39°C

25°C

38 mm

38%

68%

6.3

35°C

Hot

June

36°C

25°C

97 mm

53%

61%

6.1

37°C

Hot

July

32°C

23°C

178 mm

67%

68%

5.7

39°C

Wet

August

30°C

22°C

230 mm

79%

75%

5.4

39°C

Wet

September

31°C

22°C

108 mm

75%

58%

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

34°C

20°C

19 mm

51%

42%

34°C

Hot

November

33°C

16°C

8 mm

28%

32%

5.8

29°C

Hot

December

30°C

14°C

0 mm

24%

17%

5.5

25°C

Mild to warm and dry