Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia 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 Lafia: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In October its highs average 30.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lafia, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 28th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Lafia is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°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
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 81 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Makurdi in OctoberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Gboko in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 148 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Wukari in OctoberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 129 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.