Climate averages 1991–2020
Azare weather
in October.
A hot, fairly 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 hot month in Azare: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chakwama (59 km away). In October its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Azare, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Azare ranks joint 12th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Azare is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 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
Azare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 20 | 4.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 46 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 139 | 20.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 23.2 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 91 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 33.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 18 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Chakwama in OctoberNigeria · 59 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Hadejia in OctoberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Potiskum in OctoberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Daura in OctoberNigeria · 133 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Nguru in OctoberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Bauchi in OctoberNigeria · 156 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Gashua in OctoberNigeria · 162 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 186 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 Azare) is explained once on the Azare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.