Climate averages 1991–2020
Funtua 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 Funtua: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet 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 Malumfashi (45 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Funtua, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Funtua ranks joint 41st of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Funtua is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 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
Funtua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 108 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 245 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 164 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°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
- Malumfashi in OctoberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Zaria in OctoberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Gusau in OctoberNigeria · 101 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Katsina in OctoberNigeria · 166 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 187 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Maradi in OctoberNiger · 221 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 8.8 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 Funtua) is explained once on the Funtua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.