Climate averages 1991–2020

Pindiga 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.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 44 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pindiga · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Pindiga: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet 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 Bauchi (127 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Pindiga, with 55 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Pindiga ranks 23rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Pindiga is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 1.2 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pindiga climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pindiga, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.9°C16.7°C16.7°C00.011.612 h
February 34.6°C18.9°C18.9°C0.20.111.812 h
March 37.5°C21.9°C21.9°C1.50.312.112 h
April 37.5°C24.5°C24.5°C143.312.312 h
May 35.1°C24.6°C24.6°C469.112.613 h
June 32.4°C23.2°C23.2°C6010.912.713 h
July 29.4°C21.9°C21.9°C12217.712.613 h
August 27.6°C21.3°C21.3°C20922.812.412 h
September 28.6°C21.5°C21.5°C10816.512.212 h
October, selected 31.2°C21.7°C21.7°C448.111.912 h
November 33.5°C19.9°C19.9°C1.20.211.712 h
December 32.0°C17.6°C17.6°C0.10.011.612 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

Distance from Pindiga

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pindiga) is explained once on the Pindiga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.