Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Calabar: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 136th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 143rd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Calabar is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 281 mm to 340 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Calabar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 71 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 281 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 400 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 422 | 30.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 395 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 194 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 47 | 12.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Esuk Oron in AprilNigeria · 19 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 268 mm rain
- Uyo in AprilNigeria · 45 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 256 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in AprilNigeria · 72 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in AprilNigeria · 93 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Ugep in AprilNigeria · 98 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Bende in AprilNigeria · 102 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Amaigbo in AprilNigeria · 107 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Aba in AprilNigeria · 108 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 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 Calabar) is explained once on the Calabar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.