Climate averages 1991–2020
Ihiala weather
in April.
A hot, very 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 Ihiala: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nnewi (19 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Ihiala, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ihiala ranks joint 107th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 127th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Ihiala is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 187 mm to 239 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
Ihiala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 36 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 109 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 187 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 239 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 276 | 28.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 259 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 282 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 264 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Nnewi in AprilNigeria · 19 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Atani in AprilNigeria · 21 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in AprilNigeria · 25 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Nkpor in AprilNigeria · 33 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Onitsha in AprilNigeria · 34 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Agulu in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Asaba in AprilNigeria · 41 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Owerri in AprilNigeria · 46 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 213 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 Ihiala) is explained once on the Ihiala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.