Climate averages 1991–2020
Igbo-Ora weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th 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 Igbo-Ora: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th 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 Orita-Eruwa (22 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Igbo-Ora, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igbo-Ora ranks joint 47th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 47th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Igbo-Ora is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 21 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
Igbo-Ora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.5 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 173 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 161 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 111 | 19.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 21 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 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
- Orita-Eruwa in OctoberNigeria · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Abeokuta in OctoberNigeria · 32 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Ibadan in OctoberNigeria · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 148 mm rain
- Iseyin in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Ifo in OctoberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Fiditi in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Shagamu in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Ota in OctoberNigeria · 83 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 202 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 Igbo-Ora) is explained once on the Igbo-Ora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.