Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikot Ekpene weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Ikot Ekpene: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uyo (28 km away). In February its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Ikot Ekpene, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 122nd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ikot Ekpene is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Ikot Ekpene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 23 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| February, selected | 33.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 46 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 128 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 208 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 260 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 304 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 319 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 290 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 337 | 29.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 320 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 133 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 6.9 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Uyo in FebruaryNigeria · 28 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Aba in FebruaryNigeria · 39 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bende in FebruaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Umuahia in FebruaryNigeria · 45 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in FebruaryNigeria · 49 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Amaigbo in FebruaryNigeria · 69 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Calabar in FebruaryNigeria · 72 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in FebruaryNigeria · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 83 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 Ikot Ekpene) is explained once on the Ikot Ekpene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.