Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Afikpo: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amaigbo (16 km away). In July its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 84th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Afikpo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 207 mm to 221 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Amaigbo in JulyNigeria · 16 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Ugep in JulyNigeria · 19 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JulyNigeria · 34 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 274 mm rain
- Bende in JulyNigeria · 50 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 274 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JulyNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Isieke in JulyNigeria · 56 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Umuahia in JulyNigeria · 64 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 275 mm rain
- Okigwe in JulyNigeria · 65 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 265 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.