Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Afikpo: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amaigbo (16 km away). In April its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 65th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 100th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Afikpo is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Afikpo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 54 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 177 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 215 | 26.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 207 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 221 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 234 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 208 | 26.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 54 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Amaigbo in AprilNigeria · 16 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Ugep in AprilNigeria · 19 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in AprilNigeria · 34 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Bende in AprilNigeria · 50 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AprilNigeria · 52 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Isieke in AprilNigeria · 56 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Umuahia in AprilNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Okigwe in AprilNigeria · 65 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 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 Afikpo) is explained once on the Afikpo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.