Climate averages 1991–2020
Lere weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th 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 Lere: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Jos (62 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Lere, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lere ranks joint 61st of 143 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Lere is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 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
Lere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 16.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 148 | 22.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 257 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 203 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0.4 | 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
- Jos in OctoberNigeria · 62 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 89 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 95 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Zaria in OctoberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Bauchi in OctoberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Chakwama in OctoberNigeria · 177 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 180 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 23 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 Lere) is explained once on the Lere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.