Climate averages 1991–2020
Awka weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Awka: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agulu (13 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Awka, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Awka ranks joint 44th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 61st of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Awka is level with that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 188 mm to 182 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Agulu in JulyNigeria · 13 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in JulyNigeria · 22 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 243 mm rain
- Nnewi in JulyNigeria · 27 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Nkpor in JulyNigeria · 28 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Onitsha in JulyNigeria · 32 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 178 mm rain
- Asaba in JulyNigeria · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Atani in JulyNigeria · 42 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Ihiala in JulyNigeria · 46 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 259 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.