Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Calabar: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 419 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In September its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 427 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 142nd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Calabar is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 419 mm to 395 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Esuk Oron in SeptemberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 427 mm rain
- Uyo in SeptemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 391 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in SeptemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 337 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in SeptemberNigeria · 93 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Ugep in SeptemberNigeria · 98 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 259 mm rain
- Bende in SeptemberNigeria · 102 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Amaigbo in SeptemberNigeria · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Aba in SeptemberNigeria · 108 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 345 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.