Climate averages 1991–2020
Aba weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Aba: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In February its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Aba, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 102nd of 143 for the warmest February highs and 133rd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Aba is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 165 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Aba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 38 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| February, selected | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 68 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 165 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 242 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 291 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 329 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 326 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 288 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 345 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 341 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 44 | 11.1 | 11.812 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
February in nearby cities
- Ikot Ekpene in FebruaryNigeria · 39 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Umuahia in FebruaryNigeria · 49 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Okrika in FebruaryNigeria · 51 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in FebruaryNigeria · 54 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Owerri in FebruaryNigeria · 56 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Bende in FebruaryNigeria · 58 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Uyo in FebruaryNigeria · 63 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Buguma in FebruaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 90 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 Aba) is explained once on the Aba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.