Climate averages 1991–2020
Nsukka weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Nsukka: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aku (19 km away). In February its highs average 34.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Nsukka, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nsukka ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest February highs and 64th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Nsukka is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 57 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
Nsukka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 57 | 10.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 194 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 245 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 232 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 277 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 217 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 41 | 7.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 11.712 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
- Aku in FebruaryNigeria · 19 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in FebruaryNigeria · 46 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Enugu in FebruaryNigeria · 48 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Effium in FebruaryNigeria · 77 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Awka in FebruaryNigeria · 80 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Isieke in FebruaryNigeria · 88 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Agulu in FebruaryNigeria · 92 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Abakaliki in FebruaryNigeria · 99 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 14 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 Nsukka) is explained once on the Nsukka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.