Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Zaria: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In October its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 36th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 25th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Zaria is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to under 1 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
Zaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 55 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 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
- Funtua in OctoberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kaduna in OctoberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Malumfashi in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Lere in OctoberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Kano in OctoberNigeria · 131 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Gusau in OctoberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Kafanchan in OctoberNigeria · 181 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kagoro in OctoberNigeria · 182 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 167 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 Zaria) is explained once on the Zaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.