Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gboko: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gboko, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 51st of 143 for the warmest October highs and 58th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Gboko is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 20 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 15.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 192 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 191 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.712 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
- Makurdi in OctoberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Wukari in OctoberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Effium in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Abakaliki in OctoberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Isieke in OctoberNigeria · 149 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Ikom in OctoberNigeria · 154 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 359 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in OctoberNigeria · 156 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 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 Gboko) is explained once on the Gboko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.