Climate averages 1991–2020
Ogbia weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ogbia: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenagoa (27 km away). In January its highs average 32.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ogbia, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ogbia ranks joint 111th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 143rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Ogbia is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 115 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
Ogbia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 76 | 16.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 115 | 20.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 218 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 259 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 312 | 30.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 367 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 242 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 339 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 386 | 30.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 18.0 | 11.912 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
- Yenagoa in JanuaryNigeria · 27 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Buguma in JanuaryNigeria · 61 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in JanuaryNigeria · 78 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Okrika in JanuaryNigeria · 85 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Ughelli in JanuaryNigeria · 96 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Warri in JanuaryNigeria · 111 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Owerri in JanuaryNigeria · 119 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Aba in JanuaryNigeria · 125 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 38 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 Ogbia) is explained once on the Ogbia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.