Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in June.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Afikpo: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amaigbo (16 km away). In June its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 52nd of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 88th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Afikpo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Amaigbo in JuneNigeria · 16 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Ugep in JuneNigeria · 19 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 238 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JuneNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 263 mm rain
- Bende in JuneNigeria · 50 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 263 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JuneNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Isieke in JuneNigeria · 56 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Umuahia in JuneNigeria · 64 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 262 mm rain
- Okigwe in JuneNigeria · 65 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 257 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.