Climate averages 1991–2020
Keffi 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 Keffi: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 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 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abuja (48 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Keffi, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Keffi ranks joint 41st of 143 for the warmest October highs and 40th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Keffi is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 5.9 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
Keffi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 110 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 169 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 228 | 27.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 279 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 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
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 81 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 94 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 102 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Makurdi in OctoberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Jos in OctoberNigeria · 164 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 47 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 Keffi) is explained once on the Keffi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.