Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bida: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th 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 Lafiagi (70 km away). In October its highs average 31.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bida, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 30th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Bida is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 1.6 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
Bida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 238 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 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
- Lafiagi in OctoberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Minna in OctoberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Ode in OctoberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Kontagora in OctoberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 163 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Ipoti in OctoberNigeria · 169 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 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 Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.