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Abuja in October

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Abuja is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 54 minutes.October in Abuja is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 54 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 76% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

Is October a good time to visit Abuja?

A good month, just outside Abuja's best months, which run in two parts: July to September, or November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in October, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in October, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

76% of days in October, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in October, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

11h 54m in October, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September86°30°low 70°low 21°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October88°31°low 71°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. November94°34°low 71°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Abuja sits, in October

Africa/Lagos
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:18 AMsets 6:14 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in October

high · low · wet days
  • Lagos86°30° · 76°24° 7
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Abuja

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.