Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Libreville: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 358 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Libreville, with 335 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.1°C; Libreville is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 358 mm to 393 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
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Owendo in OctoberGabon · 13 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in OctoberGabon · 144 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Bata in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 335 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Oyem in OctoberGabon · 272 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 287 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 mm rain
- São Tomé in OctoberSao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Ébolowa in OctoberCameroon · 337 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 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 Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.