Rano in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Rano sees average daytime highs around 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 48 mm of rain over about 10 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the 3rd-wettest season.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 36°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels dry.

Spring is Rano's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Rano's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 36°C; warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low: 23°C
Rainfall: 48 mm; 10 wet days
Avg wind: 11 km/h
Travel score: 2.1; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Rano in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 36°C.

A typical spring day in Rano reaches about 36°C and drops to 23°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is April, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Rano

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Rano weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 14°	0	0	11.4	7.2
Feb	32° / 16°	0	0	11.6	5.2
Mar	36° / 20°	0	0.1	11.9	2.7
Apr	38° / 24°	6	1.7	12.2	1.5
May	36° / 25°	42	7.7	12.5	2.0
Jun	33° / 24°	75	14.3	12.7	3.3
Jul	30° / 23°	141	20.4	12.6	3.7
Aug	29° / 22°	211	24.2	12.4	3.6
Sep	30° / 22°	129	17.7	12.1	3.9
Oct	33° / 21°	28	5.4	11.7	4.1
Nov	33° / 17°	0	0	11.5	4.8
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.3	6.9

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Rano gets around 48 mm of rain over 10 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Spring

Winds average 11 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min in early March to 12 h 36 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 6.9 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Rano

In seasonPeak

In spring, Rano overlaps its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rano's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rano sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is spring a good time to visit Rano?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

2.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rano.

What to pack for Rano in Spring

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

In spring, Rano sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Rano in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rano peaks around August 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	9	10	11	9	10	11	12	11	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Rano in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Rano is worst in February — around 140 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (July, 36 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	133	140	132	101	63	49	36	39	60	95	109	126
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	133	Unhealthy
Feb	140	Unhealthy
Mar	132	Unhealthy
Apr	101	Unhealthy
May	63	Unhealthy
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	95	Unhealthy
Nov	109	Unhealthy
Dec	126	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rano?

Rano sits at 11.6°N, 8.6°E, 526 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Wudil, 40 km away.

Topography around Rano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rano has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 529 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 759 m.

The land around Rano is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

153 m

grassland 52%

16 km

306 m

cropland 65%

80 km

759 m

cropland 75%

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Spring weather nearby: Wudil 40 km · Kano 50 km · Gaya 57 km · Anchau 69 km · Gwarzo 81 km · Dutse 86 km · Soba 86 km · Dutsen Wai 89 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

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 Rano (11.5568°, 8.5807°, elevation 526 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.