Effium weather in July

In July, Effium sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 211 mm of rain across 26.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Effium's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Effium's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
211 mm
26.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:23 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Effium is town in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in Effium reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Effium

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Effium weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°3111.72.8
Feb37° / 24°102.211.82.1
Mar36° / 26°315.9122.1
Apr34° / 25°9012.412.12.5
May33° / 24°15320.812.32.6
Jun31° / 24°21123.812.42.9
Jul30° / 23°21126.612.33.1
Aug30° / 23°23026.112.23.1
Sep30° / 23°24126.8122.8
Oct31° / 23°16923.511.92.9
Nov33° / 23°285.411.73.7
Dec35° / 22°30.611.63.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3595
4595
5595
6595
7595
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Effium gets around 211 mm of rain over 26.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 86% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
183
283
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1487
1587
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1787
1887
1987
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2187
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2885
2984
3084
3183

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11981
21981
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
82971
92971
102971
112971
122971
132971
142971
152971
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213970
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253970
263970
274960
284960
294960
304960
315950

Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:206:43
212.46:206:43
312.46:206:43
412.46:206:43
512.46:216:43
612.46:216:43
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 3.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Bright
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44.0Bright
54.0Bright
64.0Bright
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84.0Bright
94.0Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Moderate
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134.0Moderate
143.9Moderate
153.9Moderate
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273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Effium

In seasonPeak

In July, Effium sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Effium's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Effium sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Effium?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Effium.

What to pack for Effium in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Effium sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Effium in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Effium peaks around September 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 19UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Effium in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Effium is worst in January — around 159 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 40 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 16156 µg/m³Jul 1641 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan159Very unhealthy
Feb133Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr64Unhealthy
May45Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct56Unhealthy
Nov77Unhealthy
Dec137Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Effium?

Effium sits at 6.6°N, 8.1°E, 115 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ezza-Ohu, 21 km away.

Enugu-EzikeNsukka

Topography around Effium

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Effium.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Effium has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 112 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 569 m.

The land around Effium is covered by trees (58%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
569 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Ezza-Ohu 21 km · Isieke 28 km · Eha Amufu 33 km · Abakaliki 35 km · Enugu 65 km · Otukpa 68 km · Enugu-Ezike 77 km · Nsukka 77 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Effium (6.6311°, 8.0581°, elevation 115 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).