Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaduna weather
in October.
A hot, 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 hot month in Kaduna: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaria (72 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kaduna, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks joint 54th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 35th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Kaduna is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 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
Kaduna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 116 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 170 | 24.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 254 | 27.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 89 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Zaria in OctoberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Funtua in OctoberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Minna in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Malumfashi in OctoberNigeria · 142 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 152 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 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 Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.