Climate and average weather in Ikot Ekpene
In Ikot Ekpene, the weather is muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ikot Ekpene typically varies from 22°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 20°C or above 37°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ikot Ekpene for warm-weather activities are from late July to mid August and mid November to late January.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 34°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 22°
- Wettest
- Sep
- 337 mm
- Driest
- Jan
- 23 mm
- Rain / yr
- 2395 mm
- 270 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.7–12.3 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 89 m
- 5.2°N
- Clearest
- Dec
- 52% cloud
Ikot Ekpene weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid November to late January.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Ikot Ekpene, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Ikot Ekpene stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 34°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 22°C and high of 28°C.
Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 33 |
| Avg low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 23 |
| Feb | 34 | 24 |
| Mar | 33 | 24 |
| Apr | 32 | 24 |
| May | 31 | 23 |
| Jun | 29 | 23 |
| Jul | 28 | 22 |
| Aug | 28 | 22 |
| Sep | 29 | 22 |
| Oct | 30 | 23 |
| Nov | 31 | 23 |
| Dec | 33 | 23 |
How hot and cold Ikot Ekpene really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Ikot Ekpene feels like about 40°C (around February 25). About 295 days a year carry some heat stress, and 43 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 37 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 37 |
| Air high (°C) | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 33 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Air low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 34 | 23 | 23 |
| Feb | 39 | 34 | 24 | 24 |
| Mar | 39 | 33 | 24 | 24 |
| Apr | 38 | 32 | 24 | 24 |
| May | 37 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Jun | 33 | 29 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 31 | 28 | 22 | 22 |
| Aug | 31 | 28 | 22 | 22 |
| Sep | 32 | 29 | 22 | 22 |
| Oct | 34 | 30 | 23 | 23 |
| Nov | 36 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Dec | 37 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
Average hourly temperature in Ikot Ekpene
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 22°C.
Ikot Ekpene weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34° / 23° | 23 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 34° / 24° | 46 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
| Mar | 33° / 24° | 128 | 22.8 | 12 | 2.4 |
| Apr | 32° / 24° | 208 | 26.7 | 12.1 | 2.4 |
| May | 31° / 23° | 260 | 28.8 | 12.2 | 2.5 |
| Jun | 29° / 23° | 304 | 29.1 | 12.3 | 2.8 |
| Jul | 28° / 22° | 319 | 29.2 | 12.3 | 3.1 |
| Aug | 28° / 22° | 290 | 28.5 | 12.2 | 3.2 |
| Sep | 29° / 22° | 337 | 29.5 | 12 | 2.8 |
| Oct | 30° / 23° | 320 | 30.2 | 11.9 | 2.6 |
| Nov | 31° / 23° | 133 | 21.2 | 11.8 | 3.1 |
| Dec | 33° / 23° | 27 | 7 | 11.7 | 3.9 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Ikot Ekpene gets about 2395 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 8.0 months, from around Mar 16 to Nov 13, peaking in October at about 98% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 27.
September is the wettest month by volume, with 337 mm over about 30 wet days; January is the driest, with 23 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 21 | 40 | 73 | 88 | 93 | 97 | 94 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 70 | 24 |
| Rain days | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 7 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 7 |
| Feb | 40 | 11 |
| Mar | 73 | 23 |
| Apr | 88 | 27 |
| May | 93 | 29 |
| Jun | 97 | 29 |
| Jul | 94 | 29 |
| Aug | 92 | 29 |
| Sep | 98 | 30 |
| Oct | 97 | 30 |
| Nov | 70 | 21 |
| Dec | 24 | 7 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Ikot Ekpene collects about 2395 mm of rain across 270 wet days — roughly 200 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 337 mm, while January is the driest at just 23 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 23 | 46 | 128 | 208 | 260 | 304 | 319 | 290 | 337 | 320 | 133 | 27 |
| Rain days | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 7 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 7 |
| Feb | 46 | 11 |
| Mar | 128 | 23 |
| Apr | 208 | 27 |
| May | 260 | 29 |
| Jun | 304 | 29 |
| Jul | 319 | 29 |
| Aug | 290 | 29 |
| Sep | 337 | 30 |
| Oct | 320 | 30 |
| Nov | 133 | 21 |
| Dec | 27 | 7 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Ikot Ekpene, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around November 12 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around March 8. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around March 9 and lasts for 8.1 months, ending around November 11. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 50 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 59 |
| Cloudier (%) | 50 | 63 | 86 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 77 | 41 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 50 |
| Feb | 37 | 63 |
| Mar | 14 | 86 |
| Apr | 7 | 93 |
| May | 5 | 95 |
| Jun | 4 | 96 |
| Jul | 2 | 98 |
| Aug | 2 | 98 |
| Sep | 1 | 99 |
| Oct | 3 | 97 |
| Nov | 23 | 77 |
| Dec | 59 | 41 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Ikot Ekpene barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 18 min of light in every season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:47 | 6:49 | 6:40 | 6:26 | 6:18 | 6:20 | 6:27 | 6:28 | 6:23 | 6:18 | 6:22 | 6:34 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:30 | 6:39 | 6:38 | 6:33 | 6:32 | 6:38 | 6:43 | 6:38 | 6:24 | 6:11 | 6:07 | 6:16 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 | 6:47 | 6:30 |
| Feb | 11.8 | 6:49 | 6:39 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 6:40 | 6:38 |
| Apr | 12.1 | 6:26 | 6:33 |
| May | 12.2 | 6:18 | 6:32 |
| Jun | 12.3 | 6:20 | 6:38 |
| Jul | 12.3 | 6:27 | 6:43 |
| Aug | 12.2 | 6:28 | 6:38 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 6:23 | 6:24 |
| Oct | 11.9 | 6:18 | 6:11 |
| Nov | 11.8 | 6:22 | 6:07 |
| Dec | 11.7 | 6:34 | 6:16 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Ikot Ekpene averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 14 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Nov 17 to Mar 3. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is May, down near 0 sunny days — about 100% fewer than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Sky | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | Mixed |
| Feb | 6 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 1 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 0 | Gloomy |
| May | 0 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 0 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 0 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 0 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 0 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 0 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 3 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 11 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
Ikot Ekpene is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.
The stickiest month is February, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 95% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 8% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comfortable (%) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Humid (%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muggy (%) | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Oppressive (%) | 60 | 63 | 50 | 36 | 41 | 82 | 97 | 100 | 98 | 88 | 78 | 73 |
| Miserable (%) | 6 | 19 | 48 | 64 | 59 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 10 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 60 | 6 |
| Feb | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 19 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 48 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 64 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 59 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 18 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 2 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 12 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 22 |
| Dec | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 10 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Ikot Ekpene is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | calm |
| Feb | 6 | calm |
| Mar | 6 | calm |
| Apr | 6 | calm |
| May | 5 | calm |
| Jun | 5 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 6 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 5 | calm |
| Nov | 5 | calm |
| Dec | 5 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Ikot Ekpene
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Ikot Ekpene's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.
Ikot Ekpene sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.
Best time to visit Ikot Ekpene
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Ikot Ekpene throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid January, Ikot Ekpene is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Ikot Ekpene for general outdoor tourist activities run from late July to mid August and again from mid November to mid January, with a peak score in the third week of December.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 | poor |
| Feb | 2.6 | poor |
| Mar | 2.4 | poor |
| Apr | 2.4 | poor |
| May | 2.5 | poor |
| Jun | 2.8 | poor |
| Jul | 3.1 | poor |
| Aug | 3.2 | poor |
| Sep | 2.8 | poor |
| Oct | 2.6 | poor |
| Nov | 3.1 | poor |
| Dec | 3.9 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Ikot Ekpene for hot-weather activities is from late November to early February, with a peak score in the last week of December.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Ikot Ekpene, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Ikot Ekpene packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In February, Ikot Ekpene sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Ikot Ekpene by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ikot Ekpene peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 8 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Level | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Very high |
| Feb | 10 | Extreme |
| Mar | 13 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 10 | Very high |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 12 | Extreme |
| Nov | 10 | Very high |
| Dec | 8 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Ikot Ekpene
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 | 4 |
| Feb | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 7.5 | 5 |
| Dec | 7 | 4 |
Air quality in Ikot Ekpene by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Ikot Ekpene is worst in January — around 169 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 65 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 169 | 157 | 115 | 107 | 93 | 81 | 69 | 65 | 78 | 98 | 106 | 163 |
| Level | Very unhealthy | Very unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Very unhealthy |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 169 | Very unhealthy |
| Feb | 157 | Very unhealthy |
| Mar | 115 | Unhealthy |
| Apr | 107 | Unhealthy |
| May | 93 | Unhealthy |
| Jun | 81 | Unhealthy |
| Jul | 69 | Unhealthy |
| Aug | 65 | Unhealthy |
| Sep | 78 | Unhealthy |
| Oct | 98 | Unhealthy |
| Nov | 106 | Unhealthy |
| Dec | 163 | Very unhealthy |
Growing season
Ikot Ekpene is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Ikot Ekpene banks about 6,183 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 568 | 531 | 570 | 529 | 528 | 480 | 475 | 475 | 469 | 500 | 508 | 548 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 568 |
| Feb | 531 |
| Mar | 570 |
| Apr | 529 |
| May | 528 |
| Jun | 480 |
| Jul | 475 |
| Aug | 475 |
| Sep | 469 |
| Oct | 500 |
| Nov | 508 |
| Dec | 548 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Ikot Ekpene receives about 4.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.4 and 5.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Nov 15 to May 5. The brightest month is January, averaging about 5.3 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is July, down near 3.5 kWh/m² — roughly 35% less than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.3 | Bright |
| Mar | 4.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.5 | Bright |
| May | 4.2 | Bright |
| Jun | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Jul | 3.5 | Moderate |
| Aug | 3.5 | Moderate |
| Sep | 3.7 | Moderate |
| Oct | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Nov | 4.3 | Bright |
| Dec | 5.0 | Bright |
Where is Ikot Ekpene?
Ikot Ekpene sits at 5.2°N, 7.7°E, 89 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Uyo, 28 km away.
Topography around Ikot Ekpene
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ikot Ekpene.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Ikot Ekpene has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 85 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m.
The land around Ikot Ekpene is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (45%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 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
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 Ikot Ekpene (5.1819°, 7.7148°, elevation 89 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).