Afikpo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Afikpo?

Afikpo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,436 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afikpo?

The hottest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2025, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Afikpo?

The coldest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1975, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Afikpo?

Almost never: Afikpo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Afikpo warmed?

Yes: Afikpo warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Afikpo?

The wettest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1986, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Afikpo?

The windiest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Afikpo?

The warmest month in Afikpo is February (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Afikpo?

Afikpo receives on average 1,436 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Afikpo?

Afikpo gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Afikpo (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,436 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Afikpo averages 0 frost days, 276 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 204 rainy days per year.

Afikpo has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 21 February 2025) and the coldest 16.6 °C (on 10 December 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AfikpoEbonyi State

coords: 5.89°, 7.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.0°C

Average daily high

32.0°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,436mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

4.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

276 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

204 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.7 °C

Average feels-like low

27.7 °C

Average peak gust

26.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.1 °C

21 February 2025

Coldest day

16.6 °C

10 December 1975

Wettest day

174 mm

5 October 1986

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

8 January 1957

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

1 April 2009

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

3 March 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.3 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.1 h

23 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.1 °C21 February 2025	21.3 °C11 January 2025	28.4 °C	1,480 mm	307
2024	40.7 °C20 February 2024	17.2 °C17 January 2024	28.7 °C	1,346 mm	327
2023	39.9 °C27 February 2023	18.9 °C17 January 2023	28.2 °C	1,504 mm	322
2022	39.3 °C19 February 2022	17.9 °C31 December 2022	27.8 °C	1,290 mm	314
2021	40.5 °C7 March 2021	19.4 °C17 December 2021	28.1 °C	1,258 mm	316
2020	40.1 °C29 February 2020	18.5 °C26 January 2020	28.0 °C	1,386 mm	319
2019	38.7 °C21 February 2019	17.8 °C28 December 2019	27.7 °C	1,597 mm	309
2018	40.6 °C6 February 2018	18.1 °C6 January 2018	27.7 °C	1,584 mm	316
2017	40.9 °C24 February 2017	20.4 °C4 January 2017	27.9 °C	1,527 mm	317
2016	40.9 °C21 February 2016	20.2 °C1 February 2016	27.9 °C	1,818 mm	316
2015	38.6 °C17 February 2015	19.5 °C28 December 2015	27.6 °C	1,631 mm	304
2014	39.6 °C24 February 2014	20.9 °C7 January 2014	27.4 °C	1,669 mm	300
2013	39.2 °C17 January 2013	18.2 °C17 December 2013	27.4 °C	1,531 mm	283
2012	40.7 °C28 March 2012	19.4 °C17 January 2012	27.4 °C	1,446 mm	296
2011	38.7 °C29 March 2011	18.8 °C1 January 2011	27.6 °C	1,521 mm	300
2010	40.6 °C21 February 2010	18.8 °C12 December 2010	28.1 °C	1,368 mm	303
2009	39.7 °C27 March 2009	20.4 °C30 December 2009	27.7 °C	1,518 mm	311
2008	38.5 °C18 February 2008	18.8 °C24 January 2008	27.2 °C	1,608 mm	291
2007	39.3 °C20 February 2007	19.1 °C6 January 2007	27.2 °C	1,490 mm	271
2006	39.2 °C10 April 2006	19.4 °C30 December 2006	27.7 °C	1,434 mm	299
2005	39.4 °C4 February 2005	18.0 °C13 January 2005	27.5 °C	1,299 mm	289
2004	39.0 °C25 March 2004	21.1 °C7 February 2004	27.4 °C	1,514 mm	301
2003	38.5 °C16 March 2003	19.7 °C4 January 2003	27.4 °C	1,165 mm	293
2002	38.2 °C23 February 2002	19.4 °C11 January 2002	27.0 °C	1,403 mm	277
2001	37.6 °C22 February 2001	19.7 °C24 January 2001	27.2 °C	1,267 mm	275
2000	39.5 °C6 March 2000	18.9 °C7 December 2000	27.1 °C	1,530 mm	267
1999	37.3 °C13 February 1999	18.9 °C15 December 1999	27.0 °C	1,567 mm	281
1998	39.7 °C26 February 1998	20.0 °C11 January 1998	27.9 °C	1,255 mm	304
1997	38.8 °C5 March 1997	19.7 °C14 February 1997	27.0 °C	1,564 mm	277
1996	37.4 °C26 February 1996	21.4 °C23 July 1996	27.0 °C	1,637 mm	266
1995	37.4 °C9 February 1995	20.3 °C25 December 1995	27.1 °C	1,847 mm	278
1994	37.6 °C27 February 1994	19.0 °C13 December 1994	27.0 °C	1,533 mm	281
1993	36.7 °C13 February 1993	19.3 °C23 January 1993	27.0 °C	1,503 mm	301
1992	38.6 °C28 February 1992	18.6 °C12 January 1992	26.8 °C	1,610 mm	268
1991	36.9 °C5 February 1991	20.5 °C4 January 1991	26.8 °C	1,689 mm	272
1990	40.0 °C27 March 1990	21.4 °C27 February 1990	27.0 °C	1,510 mm	265
1989	38.5 °C4 March 1989	18.2 °C16 January 1989	26.9 °C	1,526 mm	280
1988	39.1 °C21 February 1988	21.1 °C28 December 1988	27.1 °C	1,662 mm	279
1987	38.5 °C2 March 1987	21.8 °C21 December 1987	27.5 °C	1,326 mm	311
1986	38.4 °C2 February 1986	17.8 °C6 December 1986	26.8 °C	1,516 mm	281
1985	37.9 °C7 March 1985	19.5 °C7 December 1985	26.5 °C	1,648 mm	258
1984	37.8 °C27 February 1984	19.2 °C14 December 1984	26.8 °C	1,656 mm	300
1983	40.3 °C18 March 1983	18.7 °C10 January 1983	27.3 °C	1,192 mm	285
1982	37.4 °C10 March 1982	19.1 °C31 December 1982	26.7 °C	1,580 mm	277
1981	37.8 °C15 February 1981	18.0 °C28 January 1981	26.8 °C	1,419 mm	283
1980	38.1 °C10 February 1980	20.0 °C15 December 1980	26.7 °C	1,933 mm	281
1979	37.2 °C17 February 1979	19.7 °C11 December 1979	26.9 °C	1,725 mm	295
1978	38.2 °C21 February 1978	19.5 °C13 January 1978	26.7 °C	1,443 mm	281
1977	38.3 °C15 March 1977	18.6 °C25 December 1977	27.1 °C	1,319 mm	299
1976	35.5 °C5 March 1976	17.8 °C2 December 1976	26.1 °C	1,491 mm	256
1975	36.2 °C20 February 1975	16.6 °C10 December 1975	26.2 °C	1,481 mm	258
1974	37.2 °C6 February 1974	17.7 °C30 December 1974	26.4 °C	1,666 mm	258
1973	38.8 °C6 February 1973	19.0 °C28 November 1973	27.0 °C	1,494 mm	312
1972	36.8 °C8 February 1972	21.3 °C14 February 1972	26.8 °C	1,376 mm	289
1971	39.6 °C18 February 1971	17.8 °C20 December 1971	26.5 °C	1,589 mm	285
1970	38.7 °C17 February 1970	19.0 °C15 December 1970	27.0 °C	1,494 mm	283
1969	38.7 °C12 February 1969	21.1 °C31 January 1969	26.8 °C	1,628 mm	263
1968	37.2 °C7 February 1968	18.4 °C19 January 1968	26.5 °C	1,730 mm	283
1967	38.8 °C9 March 1967	18.7 °C1 January 1967	26.6 °C	1,443 mm	266
1966	38.4 °C16 March 1966	19.5 °C3 January 1966	27.0 °C	1,153 mm	288
1965	35.5 °C7 February 1965	20.6 °C8 December 1965	26.5 °C	1,226 mm	272
1964	37.9 °C11 February 1964	19.1 °C13 January 1964	26.9 °C	777 mm	271
1963	37.7 °C13 March 1963	18.8 °C1 January 1963	27.0 °C	1,146 mm	296
1962	36.7 °C11 February 1962	18.5 °C5 January 1962	26.4 °C	1,225 mm	239
1961	38.0 °C28 February 1961	19.9 °C1 August 1961	26.7 °C	1,107 mm	263
1960	37.4 °C5 March 1960	20.5 °C26 August 1960	26.7 °C	1,394 mm	272
1959	37.6 °C9 March 1959	20.1 °C23 January 1959	26.8 °C	1,132 mm	276
1958	38.1 °C15 February 1958	19.7 °C7 January 1958	26.6 °C	1,300 mm	231
1957	36.1 °C15 February 1957	17.6 °C13 January 1957	26.2 °C	1,543 mm	229
1956	37.0 °C12 February 1956	18.9 °C20 December 1956	26.0 °C	1,424 mm	212
1955	36.6 °C16 February 1955	19.8 °C30 December 1955	26.3 °C	1,658 mm	228
1954	35.2 °C19 January 1954	18.0 °C3 August 1954	26.1 °C	1,207 mm	232
1953	36.5 °C3 February 1953	19.1 °C1 December 1953	26.4 °C	1,341 mm	229
1952	37.2 °C28 February 1952	19.6 °C4 January 1952	26.5 °C	1,478 mm	258
1951	37.3 °C3 March 1951	20.4 °C8 December 1951	26.4 °C	1,489 mm	260
1950	36.7 °C7 March 1950	18.1 °C1 September 1950	26.2 °C	1,211 mm	244
1949	37.5 °C30 January 1949	19.2 °C9 February 1949	26.6 °C	1,085 mm	255
1948	36.9 °C15 February 1948	19.2 °C7 January 1948	26.4 °C	1,364 mm	224
1947	36.9 °C17 March 1947	19.1 °C10 September 1947	26.5 °C	1,400 mm	235
1946	38.2 °C8 March 1946	18.6 °C1 January 1946	26.5 °C	1,157 mm	213
1945	38.3 °C6 April 1945	18.0 °C5 February 1945	26.7 °C	1,281 mm	243
1944	36.9 °C15 February 1944	18.8 °C3 February 1944	26.5 °C	1,295 mm	250
1943	36.3 °C8 March 1943	19.1 °C23 July 1943	26.1 °C	839 mm	258
1942	36.5 °C12 February 1942	19.9 °C16 July 1942	26.2 °C	1,268 mm	214
1941	36.9 °C20 February 1941	20.1 °C22 December 1941	26.4 °C	1,365 mm	233
1940	36.2 °C21 February 1940	20.4 °C4 August 1940	26.2 °C	1,376 mm	223

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.6 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

307 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1480 mm

+44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.3 °C	+1.7 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Feb	38.0 °C	+2.3 °C	11 mm	-8 mm
Mar	37.7 °C	+2.9 °C	25 mm	-30 mm
Apr	35.7 °C	+2.5 °C	61 mm	-55 mm
May	34.0 °C	+2.3 °C	143 mm	-31 mm
Jun	32.1 °C	+1.9 °C	160 mm	-43 mm
Jul	29.5 °C	+0.3 °C	337 mm	+143 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+0.6 °C	147 mm	-27 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	282 mm	+60 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+0.7 °C	264 mm	+58 mm
Nov	33.1 °C	+1.3 °C	38 mm	-17 mm
Dec	35.7 °C	+2.3 °C	10 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.1 °C

21 Feb 2025

Coldest day

21.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

77.1 mm

4 Jul 2025

Windiest day

21.7 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

43.6 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.6 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Afikpo?

Afikpo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,436 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afikpo?

The hottest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2025, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Afikpo?

The coldest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1975, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Afikpo?

Almost never: Afikpo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Afikpo warmed?

Yes: Afikpo warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Afikpo?

The wettest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1986, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Afikpo?

The windiest day measured in Afikpo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Afikpo?

The warmest month in Afikpo is February (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Afikpo?

Afikpo receives on average 1,436 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Afikpo?

Afikpo gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Afikpo?

Yes: Afikpo has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Afikpo?

In Afikpo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 3 March 2025, and the lowest was 14.3 °C on 8 January 1957.

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