Climate averages 1991–2020
Awka 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 Awka: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agulu (13 km away). In February its highs average 34.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Awka, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Awka ranks joint 32nd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 75th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Awka is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 66 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
Awka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 35.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 125 | 18.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 184 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 188 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 182 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 222 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 217 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 54 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 7.4 | 1.7 | 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
- Agulu in FebruaryNigeria · 13 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in FebruaryNigeria · 22 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Nnewi in FebruaryNigeria · 27 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Nkpor in FebruaryNigeria · 28 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Onitsha in FebruaryNigeria · 32 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Asaba in FebruaryNigeria · 38 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Atani in FebruaryNigeria · 42 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Ihiala in FebruaryNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 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 Awka) is explained once on the Awka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.