Climate averages 1991–2020
Uyo weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Uyo: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (28 km away). In January its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Uyo, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Uyo ranks joint 90th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Uyo is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Uyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 34 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 63 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 170 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 317 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 373 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 382 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 347 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 391 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 374 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 179 | 25.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 41 | 11.1 | 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
- Ikot Ekpene in JanuaryNigeria · 28 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Calabar in JanuaryNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in JanuaryNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Aba in JanuaryNigeria · 63 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in JanuaryNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bende in JanuaryNigeria · 65 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Umuahia in JanuaryNigeria · 72 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Amaigbo in JanuaryNigeria · 83 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 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 Uyo) is explained once on the Uyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.