Climate averages 1991–2020
Abakaliki weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Abakaliki: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isieke (11 km away). In February its highs average 36.3°C, about as warm as Abakaliki, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abakaliki ranks joint 19th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 55th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Abakaliki is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 47 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
Abakaliki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 5.5 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 36.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 47 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 109 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 178 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 225 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 208 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 243 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 206 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 48 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 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
- Isieke in FebruaryNigeria · 11 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Effium in FebruaryNigeria · 35 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Afikpo in FebruaryNigeria · 52 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in FebruaryNigeria · 54 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Ugep in FebruaryNigeria · 58 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Amaigbo in FebruaryNigeria · 67 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Enugu in FebruaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Ikom in FebruaryNigeria · 77 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 34 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 Abakaliki) is explained once on the Abakaliki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.