Climate averages 1991–2020
Aba weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Aba: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In January its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Aba, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest January highs and 133rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Aba is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 38 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ikot Ekpene in JanuaryNigeria · 39 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Umuahia in JanuaryNigeria · 49 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Okrika in JanuaryNigeria · 51 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in JanuaryNigeria · 54 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Owerri in JanuaryNigeria · 56 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Bende in JanuaryNigeria · 58 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Uyo in JanuaryNigeria · 63 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Buguma in JanuaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 57 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.