Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafanchan weather
in October.
A hot, 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 Kafanchan: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a 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 Kagoro (11 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Kafanchan, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kafanchan ranks joint 109th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 44th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Kafanchan is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 3.8 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
Kafanchan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 134 | 20.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 184 | 25.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 253 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 25.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 333 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 105 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 11 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Jos in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 95 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 130 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 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 Kafanchan) is explained once on the Kafanchan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.