Climate averages 1991–2020
Shagamu 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 Shagamu: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 29 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 Ijebu Ode (30 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Shagamu, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Shagamu ranks joint 103rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 109th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Shagamu is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 93 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
Shagamu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 33 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 53 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 114 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 164 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 247 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 227 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 234 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 215 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 93 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 32 | 10.9 | 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
- Ijebu Ode in OctoberNigeria · 30 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 219 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in OctoberNigeria · 33 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Ijebu-Igbo in OctoberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 213 mm rain
- Agege in OctoberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Epe in OctoberNigeria · 47 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Abeokuta in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Lekki in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Ota in OctoberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 202 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 Shagamu) is explained once on the Shagamu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.