Climate averages 1991–2020
Nsukka weather
in October.
A hot, very 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 Nsukka: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aku (19 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nsukka, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nsukka ranks joint 129th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 111th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Nsukka is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 41 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
Nsukka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 57 | 10.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 194 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 245 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 232 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 277 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 217 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 41 | 7.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 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
- Aku in OctoberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 264 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in OctoberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Enugu in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Effium in OctoberNigeria · 77 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Awka in OctoberNigeria · 80 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Isieke in OctoberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Agulu in OctoberNigeria · 92 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Abakaliki in OctoberNigeria · 99 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 206 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 Nsukka) is explained once on the Nsukka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.