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Last and first frost dates in Kano

Nigeria

Kano had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Kano

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Kano

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Kaduna203 km——
Jos235 km——
Abuja345 km——
Sokoto376 km——
Maiduguri504 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Kano

Within 15 km of Kano OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Kwari Market, Kano, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Kano by month

Average weather in Kano over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29–38.7 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: February–July and September–November (30.9–38.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 14 °C. About 568 mm of rain falls in a year, on 71 days; August is the wettest month (213 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January291400
February31.31610
March36.620.600
April38.723.500
May38.225.1113
June34.423.77211
July30.922.412717
August29.221.821322
September3121.812715
October33.220.3173
November32.417.700
December29.615.400

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).