Climate averages 1991–2020
Okigwe weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Okigwe: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Umuahia (37 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Okigwe, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okigwe ranks 43rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 116th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Okigwe is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 256 mm to 286 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Umuahia in AugustNigeria · 37 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in AugustNigeria · 42 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 232 mm rain
- Bende in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Agulu in AugustNigeria · 44 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Owerri in AugustNigeria · 52 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 272 mm rain
- Nnewi in AugustNigeria · 52 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 232 mm rain
- Awka in AugustNigeria · 53 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Amaigbo in AugustNigeria · 54 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 227 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.