Climate averages 1991–2020
Amaigbo weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Amaigbo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th 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 Afikpo (16 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Amaigbo, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Amaigbo ranks joint 54th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 117th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Amaigbo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 63 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
Amaigbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 70 | 13.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 142 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 191 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 219 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 225 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 227 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 246 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 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
- Afikpo in OctoberNigeria · 16 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in OctoberNigeria · 20 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Ugep in OctoberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 242 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Umuahia in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 mm rain
- Okigwe in OctoberNigeria · 54 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Abakaliki in OctoberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 320 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 Amaigbo) is explained once on the Amaigbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.