Amaigbo weather in October

In October, Amaigbo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 226 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Amaigbo's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amaigbo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
226 mm
27.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:18 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Amaigbo is town in Nwangele Local Government Area Imo state, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Amaigbo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and about 2°C cooler than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Amaigbo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amaigbo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°102.211.72.7
Feb36° / 24°255.411.82.2
Mar35° / 25°7013.9122.3
Apr33° / 24°14220.712.12.5
May32° / 24°19126.312.32.5
Jun30° / 23°21927.412.32.8
Jul29° / 23°22527.712.33.1
Aug29° / 23°22726.412.23.2
Sep30° / 23°24628.5122.7
Oct30° / 23°22627.811.92.7
Nov32° / 23°631211.73.6
Dec34° / 23°9211.73.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6595
7595
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28793
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311090

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Amaigbo gets around 226 mm of rain over 27.8 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
194
294
394
494
594
694
793
893
993
1093
1193
1293
1392
1492
1591
1691
1790
1890
1989
2089
2188
2287
2386
2485
2584
2683
2781
2880
2979
3077
3175

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1964
2964
3964
4955
5955
6955
7946
8946
9937
10937
11928
12928
13919
149010
159010
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Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:196:16
211.96:196:16
311.96:196:15
411.96:196:15
511.96:196:14
611.96:186:14
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 4.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Moderate
34.0Moderate
44.0Moderate
54.0Moderate
64.0Moderate
74.0Moderate
84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Moderate
124.0Bright
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264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Amaigbo

In seasonPeak

In October, Amaigbo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Amaigbo's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Amaigbo sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Amaigbo?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amaigbo.

What to pack for Amaigbo in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Amaigbo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Amaigbo in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amaigbo peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Jan 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Amaigbo in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amaigbo is worst in January — around 195 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 64 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 11194 µg/m³Jul 2464 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan195Very unhealthy
Feb167Very unhealthy
Mar102Unhealthy
Apr94Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug64Unhealthy
Sep75Unhealthy
Oct94Unhealthy
Nov110Unhealthy
Dec191Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Amaigbo?

Amaigbo sits at 5.8°N, 7.8°E, 84 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Afikpo, 16 km away.

Topography around Amaigbo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amaigbo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amaigbo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 245 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m.

The land around Amaigbo is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
245 m
16 km
267 m
80 km
858 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Afikpo 16 km · Ohafia-Ifigh 20 km · Ugep 27 km · Bende 34 km · Umuahia 48 km · Awgu 51 km · Okigwe 54 km · Abakaliki 67 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amaigbo (5.7892°, 7.8383°, elevation 84 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).