Climate averages 1991–2020
Ihiala weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 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 Ihiala: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nnewi (19 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Ihiala, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ihiala ranks joint 109th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 121st of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ihiala is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 264 mm to 86 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
Ihiala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 36 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 109 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 187 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 239 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 276 | 28.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 259 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 282 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 264 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.812 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
- Nnewi in OctoberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Atani in OctoberNigeria · 21 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in OctoberNigeria · 25 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Nkpor in OctoberNigeria · 33 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Onitsha in OctoberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Agulu in OctoberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Asaba in OctoberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Owerri in OctoberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 302 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 Ihiala) is explained once on the Ihiala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.