Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikom 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 Ikom: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Ugep (71 km away). In January its highs average 34.7°C, about as warm as Ikom, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikom ranks joint 18th 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; Ikom is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 34 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
Ikom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ugep in JanuaryNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JanuaryNigeria · 77 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Afikpo in JanuaryNigeria · 86 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Isieke in JanuaryNigeria · 87 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Amaigbo in JanuaryNigeria · 98 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Effium in JanuaryNigeria · 103 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JanuaryNigeria · 106 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Calabar in JanuaryNigeria · 120 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 40 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.