Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Abuja: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In October its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Abuja, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks joint 49th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Abuja is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 9.6 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
Abuja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 19 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 314 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 285 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 137 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 116 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Minna in OctoberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Bida in OctoberNigeria · 163 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 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 Abuja) is explained once on the Abuja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.