Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikare weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ikare: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th 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 Ode (30 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Ikare, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikare ranks joint 69th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 68th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ikare is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 34 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
Ikare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 21 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 62 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 102 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 161 | 22.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 202 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 203 | 27.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 211 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 221 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 34 | 7.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.2 | 1.5 | 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
- Ode in OctoberNigeria · 30 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Owo in OctoberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Okene in OctoberNigeria · 53 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 60 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Akure in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 186 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 Ikare) is explained once on the Ikare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.