Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly 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 Afikpo: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amaigbo (16 km away). In February its highs average 35.5°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 28th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 59th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Afikpo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 54 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Amaigbo in FebruaryNigeria · 16 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Ugep in FebruaryNigeria · 19 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in FebruaryNigeria · 34 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Bende in FebruaryNigeria · 50 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Abakaliki in FebruaryNigeria · 52 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Isieke in FebruaryNigeria · 56 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Umuahia in FebruaryNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Okigwe in FebruaryNigeria · 65 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 37 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.