Climate averages 1991–2020
Numan weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 very hot month in Numan: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Jimeta (51 km away). In October its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Numan, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Numan ranks 11th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Numan is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 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
Numan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 71 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 136 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 34.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 28 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 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
- Jimeta in OctoberNigeria · 51 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Yola in OctoberNigeria · 57 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Jalingo in OctoberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Biu in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Pindiga in OctoberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Mubi in OctoberNigeria · 162 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Guider in OctoberCameroon · 216 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Daura in OctoberNigeria · 242 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 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 Numan) is explained once on the Numan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.