Calabar climate

Name: Calabar
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Calabar is warmest in February, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (419 mm) and January the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Calabar averages 3,124 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 540,000 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month January 40 mm
Wettest month September 419 mm
Least cloud December 61 % cloud
Hottest on record February 37 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectCalabar through the year

Calabar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 32 °C in February, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 151 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 419 mm against 40 mm in January — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.9 °C	40 mm	65 %
February	32.2 °C	70 mm	71 %
March	31.1 °C	187 mm	84 %
April	30.1 °C	268 mm	89 %
May	29.4 °C	322 mm	90 %
June	28.1 °C	404 mm	89 %
July	27.4 °C	403 mm	91 %
August	27.4 °C	385 mm	92 %
September	28.0 °C	419 mm	92 %
October	28.5 °C	389 mm	91 %
November	29.4 °C	192 mm	79 %
December	30.9 °C	48 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.9 °C	23.5 °C	26.9 °C	35.8 °C	18.0 °C	31	29
February	32.2 °C	24.2 °C	27.3 °C	36.9 °C	20.8 °C	28	25
March	31.1 °C	24.4 °C	26.9 °C	35.8 °C	22.4 °C	31	24
April	30.1 °C	24.2 °C	26.5 °C	33.4 °C	22.2 °C	30	18
May	29.4 °C	23.7 °C	25.9 °C	32.8 °C	21.7 °C	31	12
June	28.1 °C	22.9 °C	24.8 °C	33.7 °C	21.2 °C	29	2
July	27.4 °C	22.3 °C	24.2 °C	30.2 °C	20.5 °C	28	0
August	27.4 °C	22.3 °C	24.2 °C	30.8 °C	20.4 °C	29	1
September	28.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.5 °C	32.5 °C	20.8 °C	29	2
October	28.5 °C	22.7 °C	24.9 °C	32.0 °C	20.9 °C	30	4
November	29.4 °C	23.4 °C	25.7 °C	32.2 °C	21.6 °C	30	11
December	30.9 °C	23.8 °C	26.6 °C	33.9 °C	20.7 °C	31	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	10	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	11 km/h
February	70 mm	15	12 h/day	71 %	82 %	12 km/h
March	187 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	10 km/h
April	268 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	9.0 km/h
May	322 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	8.2 km/h
June	404 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	92 %	8.3 km/h
July	403 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	92 %	8.8 km/h
August	385 mm	30	12 h/day	92 %	91 %	9.2 km/h
September	419 mm	30	12 h/day	92 %	91 %	8.7 km/h
October	389 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	92 %	8.1 km/h
November	192 mm	26	12 h/day	79 %	90 %	8.0 km/h
December	48 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	84 %	9.5 km/h

How Calabar 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
Calabar	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Ikot Ekpene · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Aba · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,561 mm	359
Umuahia · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,012 mm	358
Kumba · Cameroon	32 °C	21 °C	2,540 mm	339

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Calabar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Calabar?

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 Calabar get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 151 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

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

Which month is wettest in Calabar?

September, averaging 419 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,124 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 Calabar 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
Data point: 4.959°, 8.327° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.