Climate averages 1991–2020
Aba weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Aba: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 341 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th 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 Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Aba, with 320 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 116th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 134th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Aba is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 341 mm to 182 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
Aba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 38 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 68 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 165 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 242 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 291 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 329 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 326 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 288 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 345 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 341 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 44 | 11.1 | 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
- Ikot Ekpene in OctoberNigeria · 39 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 320 mm rain
- Umuahia in OctoberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 mm rain
- Okrika in OctoberNigeria · 51 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in OctoberNigeria · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 315 mm rain
- Owerri in OctoberNigeria · 56 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 302 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Uyo in OctoberNigeria · 63 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 374 mm rain
- Buguma in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 349 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 Aba) is explained once on the Aba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.