Climate averages 1991–2020
Abakaliki weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Abakaliki: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isieke (11 km away). In July its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Abakaliki, with 207 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abakaliki ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 88th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Abakaliki is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Isieke in JulyNigeria · 11 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Effium in JulyNigeria · 35 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Afikpo in JulyNigeria · 52 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 207 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JulyNigeria · 54 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Ugep in JulyNigeria · 58 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Amaigbo in JulyNigeria · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Enugu in JulyNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Ikom in JulyNigeria · 77 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 296 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.