Climate averages 1991–2020
Igbo-Ukwu weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Igbo-Ukwu: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agulu (10 km away). In January its highs average 34.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Igbo-Ukwu, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igbo-Ukwu ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 103rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Igbo-Ukwu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Igbo-Ukwu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 100 | 16.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 267 | 28.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 243 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 232 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 279 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 269 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 3.3 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Agulu in JanuaryNigeria · 10 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Nnewi in JanuaryNigeria · 11 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Awka in JanuaryNigeria · 22 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ihiala in JanuaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Nkpor in JanuaryNigeria · 26 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Onitsha in JanuaryNigeria · 30 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Atani in JanuaryNigeria · 30 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Asaba in JanuaryNigeria · 38 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 5.1 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 Igbo-Ukwu) is explained once on the Igbo-Ukwu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nnewi and Agulu lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.