Climate averages 1991–2020
Aku weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Aku: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nsukka (19 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Aku, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aku ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 112th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Aku is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 247 mm to 244 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
Aku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 71 | 12.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 132 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 218 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 267 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| July, selected | 27.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 247 | 28.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 244 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 295 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 264 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 60 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.8 | 1.6 | 11.712 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
- Nsukka in JulyNigeria · 19 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Enugu in JulyNigeria · 36 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JulyNigeria · 49 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Awka in JulyNigeria · 62 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Agulu in JulyNigeria · 73 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Effium in JulyNigeria · 82 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Nkpor in JulyNigeria · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in JulyNigeria · 84 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 243 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 Aku) is explained once on the Aku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.