Climate averages 1991–2020
Bauchi weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Bauchi: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (113 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, 3.2°C cooler than Bauchi, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bauchi ranks joint 30th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 25th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Bauchi is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 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
Bauchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 17 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 159 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 272 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 323 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 185 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Jos in OctoberNigeria · 113 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Pindiga in OctoberNigeria · 127 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Chakwama in OctoberNigeria · 140 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Azare in OctoberNigeria · 156 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 177 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 188 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Potiskum in OctoberNigeria · 206 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.0°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 Bauchi) is explained once on the Bauchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.