Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Jos: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Jos, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Jos is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 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
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 62 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Bauchi in OctoberNigeria · 113 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 164 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 181 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.