Umuahia climate

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Umuahia is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (295 mm) and January the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Umuahia averages 2,012 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 370,000 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month July 22 °C
Driest month January 17 mm
Wettest month September 295 mm
Least cloud December 55 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectUmuahia through the year

Umuahia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 34 °C in February, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 183 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 295 mm against 17 mm in January — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.1 °C	17 mm	59 %
February	34.4 °C	35 mm	68 %
March	32.6 °C	101 mm	82 %
April	31.0 °C	171 mm	87 %
May	29.8 °C	231 mm	89 %
June	28.3 °C	259 mm	88 %
July	27.6 °C	273 mm	90 %
August	27.8 °C	249 mm	91 %
September	28.1 °C	295 mm	91 %
October	28.7 °C	269 mm	91 %
November	30.2 °C	93 mm	76 %
December	32.6 °C	18 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	34.1 °C	22.4 °C	27.4 °C	37.8 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
February	34.4 °C	23.3 °C	27.8 °C	39.4 °C	18.1 °C	28	27
March	32.6 °C	23.7 °C	27.1 °C	38.4 °C	18.3 °C	31	28
April	31.0 °C	23.5 °C	26.3 °C	36.3 °C	21.5 °C	30	23
May	29.8 °C	23.1 °C	25.6 °C	33.9 °C	21.1 °C	31	16
June	28.3 °C	22.3 °C	24.5 °C	31.4 °C	20.7 °C	29	3
July	27.6 °C	21.8 °C	23.9 °C	31.0 °C	19.4 °C	29	0
August	27.8 °C	21.8 °C	23.9 °C	31.1 °C	20.1 °C	29	1
September	28.1 °C	21.9 °C	24.1 °C	31.3 °C	20.4 °C	29	2
October	28.7 °C	22.1 °C	24.5 °C	31.8 °C	20.4 °C	30	5
November	30.2 °C	22.5 °C	25.5 °C	33.5 °C	19.9 °C	30	17
December	32.6 °C	22.5 °C	26.7 °C	36.2 °C	17.4 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	4	12 h/day	59 %	66 %	12 km/h
February	35 mm	8	12 h/day	68 %	71 %	13 km/h
March	101 mm	18	12 h/day	82 %	80 %	12 km/h
April	171 mm	23	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	11 km/h
May	231 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	9.6 km/h
June	259 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	90 %	9.5 km/h
July	273 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	9.9 km/h
August	249 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	10 km/h
September	295 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	9.7 km/h
October	269 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	9.0 km/h
November	93 mm	16	12 h/day	76 %	85 %	9.4 km/h
December	18 mm	4	12 h/day	55 %	74 %	11 km/h

How Umuahia 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
Umuahia	34 °C	22 °C	2,012 mm	358
Ikot Ekpene · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358
Aba · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,561 mm	359
Owerri · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	2,337 mm	360
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359
Nnewi · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	1,945 mm	360

Where Umuahia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	30thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	31stof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Umuahia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Umuahia?

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 Umuahia get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 183 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °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 Umuahia?

September, averaging 295 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,012 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 Umuahia 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.