Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Kontagora: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Minna (147 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Kontagora, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks 27th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Kontagora is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 312 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 192 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 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
- Minna in OctoberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Bida in OctoberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Lafiagi in OctoberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 216 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Kisi in OctoberNigeria · 230 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 231 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Jega in OctoberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Ilorin in OctoberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.