Aba climate

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Aba is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (334 mm) and January the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aba averages 2,561 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 1,160,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 33 °C
Coldest month July 22 °C
Driest month January 36 mm
Wettest month September 334 mm
Least cloud December 55 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectAba through the year

Aba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 33 °C in February, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 166 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 334 mm against 36 mm in January — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.3 °C	36 mm	60 %
February	33.3 °C	67 mm	68 %
March	31.6 °C	156 mm	82 %
April	30.5 °C	222 mm	87 %
May	29.6 °C	278 mm	89 %
June	28.2 °C	319 mm	89 %
July	27.5 °C	314 mm	90 %
August	27.6 °C	287 mm	90 %
September	28.0 °C	334 mm	91 %
October	28.6 °C	332 mm	90 %
November	29.8 °C	172 mm	75 %
December	31.8 °C	42 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.3 °C	23.1 °C	27.3 °C	37.4 °C	18.0 °C	31	30
February	33.3 °C	23.9 °C	27.6 °C	38.4 °C	18.8 °C	28	26
March	31.6 °C	24.0 °C	26.9 °C	37.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	26
April	30.5 °C	23.8 °C	26.3 °C	34.8 °C	21.7 °C	30	20
May	29.6 °C	23.4 °C	25.8 °C	33.2 °C	21.6 °C	31	14
June	28.2 °C	22.6 °C	24.7 °C	31.3 °C	20.9 °C	29	3
July	27.5 °C	22.1 °C	24.1 °C	30.7 °C	19.6 °C	29	0
August	27.6 °C	22.1 °C	24.2 °C	31.1 °C	19.2 °C	29	1
September	28.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.3 °C	31.1 °C	20.2 °C	29	1
October	28.6 °C	22.5 °C	24.7 °C	31.8 °C	20.6 °C	31	4
November	29.8 °C	22.8 °C	25.5 °C	33.5 °C	21.4 °C	30	13
December	31.8 °C	23.0 °C	26.6 °C	36.0 °C	18.4 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	11 km/h
February	67 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	77 %	12 km/h
March	156 mm	25	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	11 km/h
April	222 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	9.7 km/h
May	278 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	9.0 km/h
June	319 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	91 %	9.0 km/h
July	314 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	91 %	9.5 km/h
August	287 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	10 km/h
September	334 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	9.4 km/h
October	332 mm	30	12 h/day	90 %	91 %	8.6 km/h
November	172 mm	24	12 h/day	75 %	88 %	8.6 km/h
December	42 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	81 %	9.9 km/h

How Aba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aba	33 °C	22 °C	2,561 mm	359
Ikot Ekpene · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358
Umuahia · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,012 mm	358
Port Harcourt · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	2,588 mm	360
Owerri · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,337 mm	360
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Calabar · Nigeria	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aba.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aba get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 166 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Aba?

September, averaging 334 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,561 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.