Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikom weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ikom: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ugep (71 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Ikom, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikom ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 133rd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Ikom is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 307 mm to 356 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ikom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 99 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 282 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 321 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 296 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 307 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 356 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 359 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 114 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ugep in AugustNigeria · 71 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AugustNigeria · 77 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Afikpo in AugustNigeria · 86 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Isieke in AugustNigeria · 87 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Amaigbo in AugustNigeria · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 227 mm rain
- Effium in AugustNigeria · 103 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in AugustNigeria · 106 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Calabar in AugustNigeria · 120 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 389 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 Ikom) is explained once on the Ikom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.