Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuje weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kuje: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th 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 Suleja (34 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Kuje, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kuje ranks joint 41st of 143 for the warmest October highs and 70th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Kuje is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 13 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
Kuje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 138 | 18.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 207 | 23.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 265 | 27.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 311 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 316 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 166 | 22.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 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
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Minna in OctoberNigeria · 111 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Bida in OctoberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 151 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 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 Kuje) is explained once on the Kuje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.