Climate averages 1991–2020
Owerri weather
in April.
A hot, very 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 Owerri: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ihiala (46 km away). In April its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Owerri, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Owerri ranks joint 89th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 131st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Owerri is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 213 mm to 264 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
Owerri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 53 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 134 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 264 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 296 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 301 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 272 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 315 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 302 | 29.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 115 | 18.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 23 | 5.7 | 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
- Ihiala in AprilNigeria · 46 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 187 mm rain
- Umuahia in AprilNigeria · 51 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Okigwe in AprilNigeria · 52 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Aba in AprilNigeria · 56 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in AprilNigeria · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Nnewi in AprilNigeria · 61 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Atani in AprilNigeria · 67 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Bende in AprilNigeria · 67 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 176 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 Owerri) is explained once on the Owerri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.