Climate averages 1991–2020

Yamoussoukro weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 22.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 112 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yamoussoukro · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Yamoussoukro: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bouaflé (55 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Yamoussoukro, with 98 mm of rain.

Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro ranks joint 9th of 30 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 30 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 30 cities is 29.1°C; Yamoussoukro is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 52 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Yamoussoukro climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yamoussoukro, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 33.1°C22.5°C22.5°C203.911.812 h
February 33.7°C23.7°C23.7°C488.311.912 h
March 33.3°C24.0°C24.0°C9216.712.112 h
April 32.4°C23.9°C23.9°C10918.612.312 h
May 31.4°C23.6°C23.6°C10720.212.412 h
June 29.7°C22.7°C22.7°C11020.312.513 h
July 28.6°C22.1°C22.1°C8316.912.512 h
August 28.4°C22.0°C22.0°C10118.212.312 h
September 29.0°C22.3°C22.3°C14922.412.212 h
October, selected 29.5°C22.5°C22.5°C11221.712.012 h
November 30.0°C22.5°C22.5°C5212.111.812 h
December 31.5°C22.5°C22.5°C163.911.712 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

Distance from Yamoussoukro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yamoussoukro) is explained once on the Yamoussoukro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.