Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Afikpo: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amaigbo (16 km away). In January its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 60th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Afikpo is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 16 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
Afikpo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Amaigbo in JanuaryNigeria · 16 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Ugep in JanuaryNigeria · 19 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JanuaryNigeria · 34 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bende in JanuaryNigeria · 50 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JanuaryNigeria · 52 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Isieke in JanuaryNigeria · 56 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Umuahia in JanuaryNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Okigwe in JanuaryNigeria · 65 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 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.