Idah weather in April

In April, Idah sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 81 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Idah's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
81 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:29 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
78%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Idah is town and local government area, Nigeria..

Density
1,908/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical April day in Idah reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Idah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Idah weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 24°30.811.62.7
Feb37° / 25°82.111.82.0
Mar36° / 26°327.1122.0
Apr34° / 26°8111.912.22.5
May33° / 25°13119.612.32.7
Jun31° / 24°18823.812.42.9
Jul30° / 24°19325.812.43.2
Aug30° / 24°19623.612.23.4
Sep30° / 24°19824.3123.1
Oct31° / 24°12619.411.83.4
Nov33° / 24°193.611.74.0
Dec35° / 24°30.511.63.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72575
82575
92575
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112476
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132278
142179
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Idah gets around 81 mm of rain over 11.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
129
229
330
430
531
632
732
833
934
1035
1136
1237
1337
1438
1539
1640
1740
1841
1942
2043
2144
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2648
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3051

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
128414
228414
318415
418415
518316
618217
718217
818118
918019
1008020
1107921
1207723
1307624
1407525
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2306436
2406337
2506238
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3005842

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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109calm
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129calm
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159calm
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308calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:366:39
212.16:356:39
312.16:356:39
412.16:346:39
512.16:346:39
612.16:336:39
712.16:336:39
812.16:326:39
912.16:326:39
1012.16:316:38
1112.16:316:38
1212.16:306:38
1312.16:306:38
1412.16:296:38
1512.26:296:38
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1712.26:286:38
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1912.26:276:38
2012.26:276:38
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.7Bright
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Idah

In seasonPeak

In April, Idah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Idah's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Idah sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Idah?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Idah.

What to pack for Idah in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Idah sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Idah in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Idah peaks around September 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 20UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Idah in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Idah is worst in January — around 196 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 18193 µg/m³Jul 2239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan196Very unhealthy
Feb176Very unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov88Unhealthy
Dec162Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Idah?

Idah sits at 7.1°N, 6.7°E, 73 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ajaokuta, 51 km away.

OkeneLokojaEkpomaNsukka

Topography around Idah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Idah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 637 m.

The land around Idah is covered by artificial surfaces (33%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
637 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
April weather nearby: Ajaokuta 51 km · Auchi 53 km · Ubiaja 64 km · Uromi 64 km · Okene 74 km · Lokoja 76 km · Ekpoma 78 km · Nsukka 78 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Idah (7.1135°, 6.7387°, elevation 73 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).