Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Calabar: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 422 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 504 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 95th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 142nd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Calabar is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 422 mm to 389 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Esuk Oron in JulyNigeria · 19 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 504 mm rain
- Uyo in JulyNigeria · 45 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 382 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in JulyNigeria · 72 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 319 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JulyNigeria · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 274 mm rain
- Ugep in JulyNigeria · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Bende in JulyNigeria · 102 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 274 mm rain
- Amaigbo in JulyNigeria · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Aba in JulyNigeria · 108 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 326 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.