Ikot Ekpene climate

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Ikot Ekpene is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (340 mm) and January the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ikot Ekpene averages 2,393 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 254,806 · 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 23 mm
Wettest month September 340 mm
Least cloud December 57 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectIkot Ekpene through the year

Ikot Ekpene has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 33 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 177 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 340 mm against 23 mm in January — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.2 °C	23 mm	61 %
February	33.4 °C	48 mm	69 %
March	31.9 °C	128 mm	83 %
April	30.7 °C	203 mm	88 %
May	29.7 °C	258 mm	89 %
June	28.3 °C	312 mm	88 %
July	27.6 °C	307 mm	90 %
August	27.7 °C	293 mm	91 %
September	28.2 °C	340 mm	91 %
October	28.8 °C	319 mm	91 %
November	30.0 °C	135 mm	77 %
December	31.9 °C	28 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.2 °C	23.0 °C	27.1 °C	37.0 °C	17.9 °C	31	30
February	33.4 °C	23.8 °C	27.6 °C	37.8 °C	19.1 °C	28	27
March	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	26.9 °C	37.1 °C	19.3 °C	31	26
April	30.7 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	35.2 °C	21.7 °C	30	21
May	29.7 °C	23.3 °C	25.7 °C	34.0 °C	21.4 °C	31	15
June	28.3 °C	22.4 °C	24.6 °C	32.0 °C	20.8 °C	29	3
July	27.6 °C	21.9 °C	24.0 °C	30.8 °C	19.9 °C	29	1
August	27.7 °C	22.0 °C	24.0 °C	31.4 °C	20.2 °C	29	1
September	28.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.2 °C	32.1 °C	20.3 °C	29	3
October	28.8 °C	22.3 °C	24.6 °C	34.9 °C	20.6 °C	31	7
November	30.0 °C	22.8 °C	25.5 °C	33.3 °C	21.1 °C	30	16
December	31.9 °C	23.0 °C	26.6 °C	35.3 °C	18.7 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	6	12 h/day	61 %	73 %	12 km/h
February	48 mm	10	12 h/day	69 %	77 %	12 km/h
March	128 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	11 km/h
April	203 mm	26	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	9.7 km/h
May	258 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	8.8 km/h
June	312 mm	29	12 h/day	88 %	91 %	8.8 km/h
July	307 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	91 %	9.3 km/h
August	293 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	9.7 km/h
September	340 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	9.2 km/h
October	319 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	8.4 km/h
November	135 mm	21	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	8.6 km/h
December	28 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	10 km/h

How Ikot Ekpene 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
Ikot Ekpene	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Aba · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,561 mm	359
Umuahia · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,012 mm	358
Calabar · Nigeria	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Owerri · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,337 mm	360

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ikot Ekpene.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ikot Ekpene’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ikot Ekpene?

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 Ikot Ekpene get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 177 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 Ikot Ekpene?

September, averaging 340 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,393 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 Ikot Ekpene 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: 5.182°, 7.715° (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.