Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Malabo: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Malabo, with 432 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 27.2°C; Malabo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 171 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in OctoberCameroon · 56 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 432 mm rain
- Buea in OctoberCameroon · 68 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 452 mm rain
- Tiko in OctoberCameroon · 73 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 432 mm rain
- Douala in OctoberCameroon · 107 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Kumba in OctoberCameroon · 123 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 323 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in OctoberNigeria · 130 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 372 mm rain
- Calabar in OctoberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 395 mm rain
- Edéa in OctoberCameroon · 150 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 324 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.