Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in October.
A hot, very 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 Benin City: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 263 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 298 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 109th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 120th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Benin City is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 263 mm to 93 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
Benin City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 59 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 205 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 295 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 29.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 266 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 309 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 263 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 93 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 28 | 8.5 | 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
- Sapele in OctoberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 298 mm rain
- Uromi in OctoberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 186 mm rain
- Warri in OctoberNigeria · 92 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 357 mm rain
- Owo in OctoberNigeria · 96 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Idanre in OctoberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Ughelli in OctoberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 349 mm rain
- Akure in OctoberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Ondo in OctoberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 218 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 Benin City) is explained once on the Benin City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.