Climate averages 1991–2020
Ugep weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ugep: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 242 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th 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 Afikpo (19 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Ugep, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ugep ranks joint 69th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 118th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ugep is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 242 mm to 72 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
Ugep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 199 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 238 | 27.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 231 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 259 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 242 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 72 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 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
- Afikpo in OctoberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Amaigbo in OctoberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in OctoberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Bende in OctoberNigeria · 57 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Abakaliki in OctoberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Isieke in OctoberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Ikom in OctoberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 359 mm rain
- Umuahia in OctoberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 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 Ugep) is explained once on the Ugep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.