Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Calabar: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 395 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 372 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 127th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 143rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Calabar is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 395 mm to 194 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
Calabar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 71 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 281 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 400 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 422 | 30.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 395 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 194 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 47 | 12.6 | 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
- Esuk Oron in OctoberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 372 mm rain
- Uyo in OctoberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 374 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in OctoberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 320 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in OctoberNigeria · 93 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Ugep in OctoberNigeria · 98 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 242 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 102 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Amaigbo in OctoberNigeria · 107 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Aba in OctoberNigeria · 108 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 341 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 Calabar) is explained once on the Calabar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.