Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Gusau: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In October its highs average 30.0°C, 2.9°C cooler than Gusau, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks 19th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Gusau is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 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
Gusau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 39 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 116 | 17.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 202 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 114 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 32.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 30 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°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
- Funtua in OctoberNigeria · 101 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Malumfashi in OctoberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Katsina in OctoberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Maradi in OctoberNiger · 155 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Zaria in OctoberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Sokoto in OctoberNigeria · 183 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 201 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 202 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 23 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 Gusau) is explained once on the Gusau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.