Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in October.
A warm, very 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 Buchanan: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 305 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 358 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 28.1°C; Buchanan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 305 mm to 166 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 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
- Monrovia in OctoberLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 358 mm rain
- Gbarnga in OctoberLiberia · 140 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in OctoberGuinea · 249 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 191 mm rain
- Kenema in OctoberSierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Danané in OctoberIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Bo in OctoberSierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Gueckedou in OctoberGuinea · 299 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 282 mm rain
- Duekoué in OctoberIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 135 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.