Climate averages 1991–2020

Sapele weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 72 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Sapele: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In February its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 97 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 116th of 143 for the warmest February highs and 135th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Sapele is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 164 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sapele climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sapele, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	32.9°C22.9°C	22.9°C	41	11.0	11.812 h
February, selected	32.8°C24.1°C	24.1°C	72	16.5	11.912 h
March	31.6°C24.5°C	24.5°C	164	25.4	12.112 h
April	30.7°C24.3°C	24.3°C	228	27.2	12.212 h
May	30.0°C23.7°C	23.7°C	276	29.3	12.412 h
June	28.5°C23.0°C	23.0°C	310	29.5	12.512 h
July	27.5°C22.5°C	22.5°C	299	29.7	12.412 h
August	27.5°C22.4°C	22.4°C	270	28.3	12.312 h
September	28.1°C22.6°C	22.6°C	310	29.4	12.212 h
October	29.0°C22.7°C	22.7°C	298	30.2	12.012 h
November	30.4°C23.1°C	23.1°C	125	22.1	11.912 h
December	31.8°C23.1°C	23.1°C	39	11.0	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Sapele

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.