Ugep climate

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Ugep is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (266 mm) and December the driest (9.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ugep averages 1,750 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 200,276 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month December 10 mm
Wettest month September 266 mm
Least cloud December 55 % cloud
Hottest on record February 40 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C

What to expectUgep through the year

Ugep has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 35 °C in February, a swing of 4.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 217 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 266 mm against 10 mm in December — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.7 °C	11 mm	59 %
February	35.2 °C	25 mm	66 %
March	33.7 °C	71 mm	81 %
April	31.8 °C	139 mm	87 %
May	30.3 °C	195 mm	88 %
June	28.9 °C	246 mm	87 %
July	28.3 °C	230 mm	90 %
August	28.4 °C	246 mm	91 %
September	28.8 °C	266 mm	91 %
October	29.2 °C	241 mm	90 %
November	30.7 °C	69 mm	76 %
December	33.0 °C	10 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	34.7 °C	23.5 °C	28.2 °C	38.0 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
February	35.2 °C	24.3 °C	28.8 °C	39.7 °C	19.8 °C	28	28
March	33.7 °C	24.6 °C	28.1 °C	38.9 °C	19.5 °C	31	30
April	31.8 °C	24.3 °C	27.1 °C	37.6 °C	22.4 °C	30	26
May	30.3 °C	23.7 °C	26.2 °C	34.6 °C	21.7 °C	31	20
June	28.9 °C	22.8 °C	25.1 °C	32.2 °C	20.9 °C	29	7
July	28.3 °C	22.3 °C	24.4 °C	31.2 °C	20.4 °C	29	2
August	28.4 °C	22.3 °C	24.5 °C	31.8 °C	21.0 °C	29	4
September	28.8 °C	22.4 °C	24.7 °C	32.3 °C	20.9 °C	29	7
October	29.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.1 °C	32.6 °C	21.0 °C	30	11
November	30.7 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	33.9 °C	20.5 °C	30	22
December	33.0 °C	23.4 °C	27.3 °C	36.5 °C	19.0 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	12 h/day	59 %	61 %	13 km/h
February	25 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	66 %	14 km/h
March	71 mm	13	12 h/day	81 %	75 %	14 km/h
April	139 mm	20	12 h/day	87 %	82 %	12 km/h
May	195 mm	26	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	11 km/h
June	246 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	10 km/h
July	230 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	88 %	10 km/h
August	246 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	87 %	11 km/h
September	266 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	10 km/h
October	241 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	88 %	9.7 km/h
November	69 mm	12	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	10 km/h
December	10 mm	2	12 h/day	55 %	71 %	12 km/h

How Ugep 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
Ugep	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Umuahia · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,012 mm	358
Ikot Ekpene · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Enugu · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,614 mm	363
Calabar · Nigeria	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356
Aba · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,561 mm	359

Where Ugep ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	13th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	14th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	32nd of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	33rd of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	46th of 50	33 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ugep’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ugep?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ugep get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 217 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °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 Ugep?

September, averaging 266 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,750 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 Ugep 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: 5.809°, 8.081° (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.