Climate averages 1991–2020
Okigwe weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Okigwe: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Umuahia (37 km away). In April its highs average 30.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Okigwe, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okigwe ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and 119th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Okigwe is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 228 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Okigwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 37 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 96 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 228 | 27.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 257 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 265 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 256 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 286 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 260 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 82 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 3.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Umuahia in AprilNigeria · 37 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in AprilNigeria · 42 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Bende in AprilNigeria · 43 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Agulu in AprilNigeria · 44 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Owerri in AprilNigeria · 52 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Nnewi in AprilNigeria · 52 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Awka in AprilNigeria · 53 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Amaigbo in AprilNigeria · 54 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 142 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 Okigwe) is explained once on the Okigwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.