Climate averages 1991–2020
Buguma weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Buguma: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port Harcourt (17 km away). In January its highs average 32.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Buguma, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Buguma ranks joint 113th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 140th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Buguma is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 57 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Port Harcourt in JanuaryNigeria · 17 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Okrika in JanuaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Ogbia in JanuaryNigeria · 61 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Yenagoa in JanuaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Aba in JanuaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Owerri in JanuaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in JanuaryNigeria · 107 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Umuahia in JanuaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 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.