Climate averages 1991–2020

Ughelli weather
in January.

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

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

Average high 33.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 22.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 47 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Ughelli: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (28 km away). In January its highs average 32.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ughelli, with 59 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ughelli ranks joint 90th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 136th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Ughelli is level with that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 81 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Ughelli climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ughelli, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	33.1°C22.9°C	22.9°C	47	10.9	11.812 h
February	32.9°C24.0°C	24.0°C	81	15.9	11.912 h
March	31.8°C24.3°C	24.3°C	187	25.8	12.112 h
April	30.9°C24.1°C	24.1°C	258	27.1	12.212 h
May	30.1°C23.6°C	23.6°C	315	29.1	12.412 h
June	28.5°C22.9°C	22.9°C	328	29.2	12.412 h
July	27.6°C22.4°C	22.4°C	328	29.1	12.412 h
August	27.7°C22.4°C	22.4°C	272	27.7	12.312 h
September	28.1°C22.5°C	22.5°C	331	29.4	12.212 h
October	29.1°C22.6°C	22.6°C	349	30.4	12.012 h
November	30.6°C22.9°C	22.9°C	159	22.5	11.912 h
December	32.0°C23.0°C	23.0°C	46	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Ughelli

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 Ughelli) is explained once on the Ughelli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.