Climate averages 1991–2020
Pala weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Pala: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelo (99 km away). In October its highs average 31.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pala, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Pala ranks joint 5th of 8 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 32.5°C; Pala is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 20 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 222 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 167 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Kelo in OctoberChad · 99 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Guider in OctoberCameroon · 123 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Maroua in OctoberCameroon · 151 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Moundou in OctoberChad · 156 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Mubi in OctoberNigeria · 206 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Doba in OctoberChad · 227 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Yola in OctoberNigeria · 267 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Jimeta in OctoberNigeria · 269 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pala) is explained once on the Pala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.