Climate averages 1991–2020
Gashua weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Gashua: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nguru (63 km away). In October its highs average 36.5°C, about as warm as Gashua, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gashua ranks 2nd of 143 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Gashua is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.2 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
Gashua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 9.9 | 2.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 19 | 5.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 78 | 13.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 152 | 17.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 34.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 50 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 36.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.2 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Nguru in OctoberNigeria · 63 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Hadejia in OctoberNigeria · 118 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Potiskum in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Daura in OctoberNigeria · 152 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Azare in OctoberNigeria · 162 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Chakwama in OctoberNigeria · 209 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Zinder in OctoberNiger · 245 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Maiduguri in OctoberNigeria · 257 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 17 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 Gashua) is explained once on the Gashua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.