Climate averages 1991–2020
Effium weather
in April.
A hot, 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 Effium: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isieke (28 km away). In April its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Effium, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Effium ranks joint 47th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 63rd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Effium is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 153 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
Effium climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 31 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 90 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 153 | 20.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 211 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 211 | 26.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 230 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 241 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 169 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 28 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 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
- Isieke in AprilNigeria · 28 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AprilNigeria · 33 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Enugu in AprilNigeria · 65 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Nsukka in AprilNigeria · 77 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Aku in AprilNigeria · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Afikpo in AprilNigeria · 83 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Ugep in AprilNigeria · 91 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 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 Effium) is explained once on the Effium year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.