Climate averages 1991–2020
Jega weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Jega: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In October its highs average 35.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jega, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Jega is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to under 1 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
Jega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 34 | 6.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 57 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Birnin Kebbi in OctoberNigeria · 32 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Sokoto in OctoberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Dosso in OctoberNiger · 158 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in OctoberNiger · 199 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Kontagora in OctoberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Gusau in OctoberNigeria · 248 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Niamey in OctoberNiger · 285 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Tahoua in OctoberNiger · 312 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 5.3 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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.