Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately 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 Bida (70 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lafiagi, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafiagi ranks 20th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 34th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Lafiagi is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 1.7 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
Lafiagi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 161 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 217 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.4 | 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
- Bida in OctoberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Ilorin in OctoberNigeria · 104 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in OctoberNigeria · 109 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Offa in OctoberNigeria · 109 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Oyan in OctoberNigeria · 114 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Ipoti in OctoberNigeria · 115 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Ijero-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 122 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Ode in OctoberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 189 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 Lafiagi) is explained once on the Lafiagi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.