Climate averages 1991–2020
Buguma weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Buguma: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port Harcourt (17 km away). In February its highs average 32.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Buguma, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Buguma ranks joint 134th of 143 for the warmest February highs and 140th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Buguma is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 192 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
Buguma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 57 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| February, selected | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 90 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 292 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 354 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 327 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 259 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 337 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 349 | 30.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 187 | 26.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 62 | 15.8 | 11.912 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
- Port Harcourt in FebruaryNigeria · 17 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Okrika in FebruaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Ogbia in FebruaryNigeria · 61 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Yenagoa in FebruaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Aba in FebruaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Owerri in FebruaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in FebruaryNigeria · 107 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Umuahia in FebruaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°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 Buguma) is explained once on the Buguma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.