Climate averages 1991–2020
Nsukka weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Nsukka: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 232 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aku (19 km away). In July its highs average 27.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nsukka, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nsukka ranks joint 123rd of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 105th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Nsukka is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 232 mm to 241 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Aku in JulyNigeria · 19 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 247 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in JulyNigeria · 46 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Enugu in JulyNigeria · 48 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Effium in JulyNigeria · 77 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Awka in JulyNigeria · 80 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Isieke in JulyNigeria · 88 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Agulu in JulyNigeria · 92 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Abakaliki in JulyNigeria · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 208 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.