Climate averages 1991–2020

Esuk Oron weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 50 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Esuk Oron · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Esuk Oron: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Calabar (19 km away). In January its highs average 31.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Esuk Oron, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Esuk Oron ranks 119th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 139th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Esuk Oron is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 83 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Esuk Oron climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Esuk Oron, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 31.0°C24.1°C24.1°C5015.111.912 h
February 31.2°C24.7°C24.7°C8318.012.012 h
March 30.3°C24.8°C24.8°C20227.412.112 h
April 29.6°C24.6°C24.6°C26828.112.212 h
May 29.0°C24.1°C24.1°C34729.812.312 h
June 27.7°C23.2°C23.2°C46029.612.412 h
July 26.9°C22.6°C22.6°C50430.212.412 h
August 27.0°C22.6°C22.6°C45030.112.312 h
September 27.5°C22.8°C22.8°C42729.712.112 h
October 28.0°C23.1°C23.1°C37230.512.012 h
November 28.9°C23.8°C23.8°C19527.411.912 h
December 30.1°C24.3°C24.3°C6117.411.812 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Esuk Oron

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Esuk Oron) is explained once on the Esuk Oron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.