Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikom weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ikom: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 359 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ugep (71 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Ikom, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikom ranks joint 54th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 138th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ikom is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 359 mm to 114 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
Ikom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 99 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 282 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 321 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 296 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 307 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 356 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 359 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 114 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 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
- Ugep in OctoberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 242 mm rain
- Abakaliki in OctoberNigeria · 77 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Afikpo in OctoberNigeria · 86 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Isieke in OctoberNigeria · 87 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Amaigbo in OctoberNigeria · 98 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Effium in OctoberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in OctoberNigeria · 106 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Calabar in OctoberNigeria · 120 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 395 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 Ikom) is explained once on the Ikom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.