Climate averages 1991–2020
Dosso weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Dosso: daytime highs average 36.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (127 km away). In October its highs average 35.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Dosso, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Dosso ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 36.9°C; Dosso is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to under 1 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
Dosso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.9°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 29 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 156 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 58 | 8.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 36.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Birnin Kebbi in OctoberNigeria · 127 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Niamey in OctoberNiger · 128 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Jega in OctoberNigeria · 158 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Sokoto in OctoberNigeria · 222 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in OctoberNiger · 237 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tahoua in OctoberNiger · 303 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in OctoberBurkina Faso · 327 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Kontagora in OctoberNigeria · 385 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 58 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 Dosso) is explained once on the Dosso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.