Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna 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 Minna: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Minna, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks joint 28th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 43rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Minna is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 4.1 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 128 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 211 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 279 | 27.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 253 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 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 · 84 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Suleja in OctoberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Kuje in OctoberNigeria · 111 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Abuja in OctoberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Kontagora in OctoberNigeria · 147 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Lafiagi in OctoberNigeria · 150 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 169 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 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 Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.