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Kaduna State · 1,850,000 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 19:00

Clear sky
27°
Clear sky
Feels like 31°C
Wind
10 km/h
Gusts
16 km/h
Humidity
46 %
Pressure
1011 hPa
Clouds
0 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:20 Set 18:07 Day 11 h 46 min UV 7 · High

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
27°25°
Feels like 31°
Wind ↑ NNE 10 km/h
Gusts 16 km/h
Humidity 46 %
19:00
Clear sky
27°
NNE 10
22:00
Clear sky
25°
ENE 8

Kaduna forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▲ This week runs +2.9° warmer than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
18°23°29°34°39°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed37°20°Thu 29 Oct: max 35° · min 20° · normal 25.1°Fri 30 Oct: max 35° · min 20° · normal 25.1°Sat 31 Oct: max 35° · min 21° · normal 25.1°Sun 1 Nov: max 35° · min 21° · normal 25.1°Mon 2 Nov: max 36° · min 22° · normal 25.1°Tue 3 Nov: max 36° · min 21° · normal 25.1°Wed 4 Nov: max 37° · min 20° · normal 25.1°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu18°28°38°37°20°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Kaduna climate: what a normal year looks like

The wet season is concentrated from July to September, which brings 65% of the annual total; August by itself averages 262 mm.

Afternoons reach 30 °C or more from November to May; the typical peak is 36 °C in March.

From November to March, rain is scarce: under 10 mm a month on average.

The hottest stretch is April, when afternoons average 35 °C; the coldest is December, when nights average 17 °C.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 35 °C, 5 °C warmer than a normal October (30 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan31 °C16 °C0 mm
Feb33 °C19 °C0 mm
Mar36 °C22 °C5 mm
Apr35 °C24 °C29 mm
May32 °C23 °C97 mm
Jun29 °C22 °C122 mm
Jul27 °C21 °C179 mm
Aug27 °C21 °C262 mm
Sep28 °C21 °C208 mm
Oct30 °C20 °C88 mm
Nov32 °C17 °C1 mm
Dec30 °C17 °C0 mm
Whole year31 °C20 °C990 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 10.53° N, 7.44° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Kaduna: pollution and pollen

5/6
Very poor
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.557µg/m³
PM10146µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Kaduna

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Kaduna, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Kaduna yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Kaduna

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 07:04 Set 20:31
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Africa/Lagos); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Kaduna

Curious about the weather in Kaduna on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Kaduna weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Kaduna, Kaduna State: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 27 °C (feels like 31 °C) and the wind blows at 10 km/h.

Expected range today: 20 °C to 35 °C and a dry sky; it will be very hot. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations