Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalingo weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Jalingo: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Numan (97 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, 3.1°C warmer than Jalingo, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jalingo ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Jalingo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 2.6 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
Jalingo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 99 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 183 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 48 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Numan in OctoberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Jimeta in OctoberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Yola in OctoberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Pindiga in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Wukari in OctoberNigeria · 208 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Biu in OctoberNigeria · 212 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Bauchi in OctoberNigeria · 229 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Mubi in OctoberNigeria · 259 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 92 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 Jalingo) is explained once on the Jalingo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.