Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Calabar: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 389 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 450 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 76th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 141st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Calabar is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 389 mm to 419 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Esuk Oron in AugustNigeria · 19 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 450 mm rain
- Uyo in AugustNigeria · 45 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 347 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in AugustNigeria · 72 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 290 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in AugustNigeria · 93 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Ugep in AugustNigeria · 98 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Bende in AugustNigeria · 102 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Amaigbo in AugustNigeria · 107 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 227 mm rain
- Aba in AugustNigeria · 108 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 288 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.