Climate averages 1991–2020
Yenagoa weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Yenagoa: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 374 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ogbia (27 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Yenagoa, with 386 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yenagoa ranks joint 91st of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 140th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Yenagoa is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 374 mm to 210 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
Yenagoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 61 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 98 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 305 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 338 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 324 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 247 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 374 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 210 | 25.3 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 64 | 13.6 | 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
- Ogbia in OctoberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 386 mm rain
- Ughelli in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 349 mm rain
- Buguma in OctoberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 349 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in OctoberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 315 mm rain
- Warri in OctoberNigeria · 87 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 357 mm rain
- Okrika in OctoberNigeria · 93 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Owerri in OctoberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 302 mm rain
- Ihiala in OctoberNigeria · 122 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 264 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 Yenagoa) is explained once on the Yenagoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.