Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikot Ekpene weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ikot Ekpene: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 337 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uyo (28 km away). In September its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Ikot Ekpene, with 391 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene ranks joint 74th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 135th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Ikot Ekpene is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 337 mm to 320 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Uyo in SeptemberNigeria · 28 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 391 mm rain
- Aba in SeptemberNigeria · 39 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Bende in SeptemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Umuahia in SeptemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 291 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in SeptemberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Amaigbo in SeptemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Calabar in SeptemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 419 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in SeptemberNigeria · 73 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 427 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.