Nnewi weather in October

In October, Nnewi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 269 mm of rain across 28.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 Nnewi's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nnewi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
269 mm
28.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:21 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
3.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Nnewi is city in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Founded
1477

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 Nnewi 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 1°C cooler than November.

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

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.

Nnewi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°153.511.73.2
Feb35° / 24°367.711.82.6
Mar34° / 24°10016.8122.6
Apr32° / 24°17922.412.12.6
May31° / 23°24127.112.32.6
Jun30° / 23°26728.112.32.9
Jul28° / 22°24328.412.33.2
Aug28° / 22°23226.512.23.4
Sep29° / 23°27928.9122.9
Oct30° / 23°26928.711.92.8
Nov31° / 23°8213.311.73.8
Dec33° / 22°133.311.74.0

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 5% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6496
7496
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Nnewi gets around 269 mm of rain over 28.7 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 91% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
196
296
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996
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1196
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1495
1594
1694
1793
1893
1992
2091
2190
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2685
2784
2882
2981
3079
3177

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10991
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100982
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120982
130973
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190955
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240946
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280946
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311936

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
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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 6:23 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:236:20
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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 3.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 3.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
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93.9Moderate
103.9Moderate
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134.0Moderate
144.0Moderate
154.0Moderate
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174.0Moderate
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314.2Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Nnewi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Nnewi 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 Nnewi?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nnewi.

What to pack for Nnewi in October

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

In October, Nnewi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Nnewi 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 Nnewi peaks around September 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highSep 22UV 12Jan 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Nnewi 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 Nnewi is worst in January — around 201 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 58 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 11201 µg/m³Aug 1058 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan201Very unhealthy
Feb171Very unhealthy
Mar100Unhealthy
Apr98Unhealthy
May83Unhealthy
Jun73Unhealthy
Jul59Unhealthy
Aug58Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct92Unhealthy
Nov108Unhealthy
Dec197Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nnewi?

Nnewi sits at 6.0°N, 6.9°E, 151 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ozubulu, 10 km away.

Topography around Nnewi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nnewi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 533 m.

The land around Nnewi is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
367 m
80 km
533 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Ozubulu 10 km · Igbo-Ukwu 11 km · Nkpor 17 km · Agulu 18 km · Atani 19 km · Ihiala 19 km · Enugu-Ukwu 19 km · Uga 20 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 Nnewi (6.0196°, 6.9173°, elevation 151 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).