Climate averages 1991–2020
Wukari weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th 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 Wukari: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (105 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Wukari, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Wukari ranks joint 30th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 54th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Wukari is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 14 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
Wukari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 105 | 14.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 100 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 196 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 184 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 129 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 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
- Gboko in OctoberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Makurdi in OctoberNigeria · 139 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Lafia in OctoberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Jalingo in OctoberNigeria · 208 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Kumbo in OctoberCameroon · 210 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Bamenda in OctoberCameroon · 216 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 288 mm rain
- Effium in OctoberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Keffi in OctoberNigeria · 236 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 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 Wukari) is explained once on the Wukari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.