Climate averages 1991–2020
Grand-Bassam weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Grand-Bassam: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bingerville (23 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Grand-Bassam, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Grand-Bassam ranks 30th of 30 for the warmest October highs and joint 9th of 30 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 30 cities is 29.1°C; Grand-Bassam is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 93 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
Grand-Bassam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 47 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 55 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 78 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 103 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 206 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 64 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 25.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 107 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 93 | 24.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 63 | 18.9 | 11.812 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
- Bingerville in OctoberIvory Coast · 23 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Koumassi in OctoberIvory Coast · 27 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Abidjan in OctoberIvory Coast · 33 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Anyama in OctoberIvory Coast · 47 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Dabou in OctoberIvory Coast · 72 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Agboville in OctoberIvory Coast · 95 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Adzopé in OctoberIvory Coast · 100 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Abengourou in OctoberIvory Coast · 171 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 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 Grand-Bassam) is explained once on the Grand-Bassam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.