Climate averages 1991–2020
Maradi 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 Maradi: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (78 km away). In October its highs average 34.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Maradi, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Maradi ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 36.9°C; Maradi is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.8 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
Maradi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 36.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
- Katsina in OctoberNigeria · 78 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Gusau in OctoberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Malumfashi in OctoberNigeria · 198 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in OctoberNiger · 203 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Zinder in OctoberNiger · 207 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Sokoto in OctoberNigeria · 207 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Funtua in OctoberNigeria · 221 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 227 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 23 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 Maradi) is explained once on the Maradi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.