Weather in Eleme

Calculated from weather data of Akanu Ibiam International Airport (DNEN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.1	32.7	35.2	33.5	35.0	34.2
February	34.9	31.1	35.8	35.7	35.3	36.2
March	34.5	33.5	34.2	35.7	33.6	35.3
April	33.0		33.2	32.7	33.7	32.8
May	31.3		32.7	31.1	31.6	28.1
June	29.9		30.6	30.6	29.6	29.0
July	29.2		30.8	29.8	29.1	28.5
August	28.9		29.6	28.3	29.1	30.3
September	29.4		29.6	29.8	30.0	28.1
October	30.6		30.3	30.8	31.6	30.1
November	32.6		30.1	33.7	32.6	33.5
December	33.2		30.6	33.3	33.3	34.5
Average	31.4	32.4	31.9	32.1	32.1	32.0

9th highest temperature of Nigeria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.3	22	22	22	24	22
February	24.4	27	25	23	25	23
March	26.0	27	24	27	27	26
April	25.4		26	25	26	26
May	25.1		24	24	26	27
June	23.7		23	23	25	25
July	23.9		24	23	24	24
August	23.4		22	24	23	24
September	23.5		24	23	24	24
October	23.6		23	24	24	24
November	23.8		26	24	22	23
December	21.5		22	21	19	24
Average	24.4	25.4	23.6	23.4	23.9	24.0

10th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	57	248	241	255	216
25 °C or warmer	76	333	330	348	321
20 °C or warmer	79	349	337	357	337
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.4	0	1	0	1	0
April	0.8		3	0	0	0
May	0.3		0	1	1	0
June	2.3		5	1	0	2
July	1.1		1	0	2	3
August	2.8		3	4	2	0
September	3.0		5	3	4	1
October	0.3		1	1	0	0
November	0.1		0	0	1	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.6		1.5	0.7	0.7	0.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.1	8	12	10	7	11
February	9.7	9	11	8	9	10
March	8.8	8	9	9	9	9
April	9.8		11	11	9	8
May	9.5		11	9	9	7
June	8.9		10	9	7	7
July	9.8		8	11	13	9
August	10.1		9	11	11	11
September	9.4		9	13	9	7
October	8.1		9	10	9	6
November	6.7		7	7	8	7
December	8.4		9	8	9	7
Average	8.7	8.2	9.9	9.5	9.0	8.6

12th highest wind speed of Nigeria

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	E	E
February	NE	NE	NE	E	E
March	SW	SW	SW	W	W
April		SW	SW	SW	SW
May		SW	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	W
July		W	SW	SW	W
August		SW	SW	SW	NW
September		SW	SW	SW	W
October		SW	SE	SW	SW
November		NW	NE	SW	E
December		NE	NE	NE	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Eleme weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Eleme?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 35 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Eleme?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 29 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Eleme?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in September with a probability of around 3.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Eleme?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.0 %.