Climate averages 1991–2020
Ihiala weather
in January.
A very 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 very hot month in Ihiala: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 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 Nnewi (19 km away). In January its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Ihiala, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ihiala ranks joint 50th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 110th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Ihiala is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 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
Ihiala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nnewi in JanuaryNigeria · 19 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Atani in JanuaryNigeria · 21 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in JanuaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Nkpor in JanuaryNigeria · 33 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Onitsha in JanuaryNigeria · 34 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Agulu in JanuaryNigeria · 35 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Asaba in JanuaryNigeria · 41 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Owerri in JanuaryNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 25 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.