Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikot Ekpene weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ikot Ekpene: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 320 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uyo (28 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Ikot Ekpene, with 374 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene ranks joint 103rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and 133rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ikot Ekpene is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 320 mm to 133 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
Ikot Ekpene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 23 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 46 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 128 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 208 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 260 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 304 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 319 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 290 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 337 | 29.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 320 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 133 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 6.9 | 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
- Uyo in OctoberNigeria · 28 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 374 mm rain
- Aba in OctoberNigeria · 39 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 341 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Umuahia in OctoberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in OctoberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Amaigbo in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Calabar in OctoberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 395 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in OctoberNigeria · 73 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 372 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 Ikot Ekpene) is explained once on the Ikot Ekpene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.