Climate averages 1991–2020
Owerri weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Owerri: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 302 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ihiala (46 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Owerri, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Owerri ranks joint 64th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 130th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Owerri is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 302 mm to 115 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
Owerri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 53 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 134 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 264 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 296 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 301 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 272 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 315 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 302 | 29.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 115 | 18.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.812 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
- Ihiala in OctoberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 264 mm rain
- Umuahia in OctoberNigeria · 51 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 mm rain
- Okigwe in OctoberNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Aba in OctoberNigeria · 56 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 341 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in OctoberNigeria · 59 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Nnewi in OctoberNigeria · 61 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Atani in OctoberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 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 Owerri) is explained once on the Owerri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.