Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sapele: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th 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 Warri (43 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 357 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 87th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 129th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Sapele is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 298 mm to 125 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 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
- Warri in OctoberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 357 mm rain
- Benin City in OctoberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Ughelli in OctoberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 349 mm rain
- Uromi in OctoberNigeria · 115 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 186 mm rain
- Atani in OctoberNigeria · 119 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Asaba in OctoberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Onitsha in OctoberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Yenagoa in OctoberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 374 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.