Climate averages 1991–2020

Aba weather
in August.

A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.6°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 22.1°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 288 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Aba · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Aba: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Aba, with 290 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 63rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 130th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Aba is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 288 mm to 345 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Aba climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Aba, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 33.3°C23.2°C23.2°C389.811.912 h
February 33.2°C24.0°C24.0°C6815.112.012 h
March 31.5°C24.0°C24.0°C16525.712.112 h
April 30.4°C23.8°C23.8°C24227.412.212 h
May 29.6°C23.4°C23.4°C29129.312.312 h
June 28.1°C22.6°C22.6°C32929.012.412 h
July 27.4°C22.1°C22.1°C32629.412.412 h
August, selected 27.6°C22.1°C22.1°C28828.412.312 h
September 27.9°C22.2°C22.2°C34529.612.112 h
October 28.6°C22.5°C22.5°C34130.612.012 h
November 29.8°C22.9°C22.9°C18224.711.912 h
December 31.8°C23.1°C23.1°C4411.111.812 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Aba

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aba) is explained once on the Aba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.