Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 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 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Makurdi, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 36th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Makurdi is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 6.2 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 90 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 172 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in OctoberNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Effium in OctoberNigeria · 133 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Wukari in OctoberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in OctoberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Nsukka in OctoberNigeria · 158 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 217 mm rain
- Isieke in OctoberNigeria · 160 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 198 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 Makurdi) is explained once on the Makurdi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.