Owerri weather in June

In June, Owerri sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 296 mm of rain across 28.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-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 June, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of June to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Owerri's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Owerri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
296 mm
28.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:23 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
87%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
3.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Owerri is city in Nigeria.

Density
5,240/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical June day in Owerri 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 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 1°C warmer than July.

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How June really feels in Owerri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Owerri weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°255.611.73.1
Feb35° / 23°529.911.82.5
Mar34° / 24°13420.5122.3
Apr32° / 23°21324.812.12.3
May31° / 23°26428.312.22.4
Jun30° / 23°29628.412.32.7
Jul29° / 22°30128.912.33.1
Aug29° / 22°2722712.23.2
Sep29° / 22°31529.2122.8
Oct30° / 23°30229.711.92.6
Nov32° / 22°11518.211.83.2
Dec33° / 22°235.811.73.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5397
6496
7496
8496
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Owerri gets around 296 mm of rain over 28.4 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 95% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
194
294
394
494
594
694
794
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1194
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1594
1694
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the oppressive band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107228
207327
307525
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607822
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301963

Wind in June

Winds average 5 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:216:38
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — June's 3.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.8Moderate
93.8Moderate
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Owerri

In seasonPeak

In June, Owerri sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Owerri's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is June a good time to visit Owerri?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Owerri.

What to pack for Owerri in June

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

In June, Owerri sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Owerri in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Owerri peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 12Jan 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Owerri in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Owerri is worst in January — around 160 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 54 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyUnhealthyJan 13159 µg/m³Aug 1355 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan160Very unhealthy
Feb141Unhealthy
Mar102Unhealthy
Apr94Unhealthy
May85Unhealthy
Jun73Unhealthy
Jul59Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov96Unhealthy
Dec152Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Owerri?

Owerri sits at 5.5°N, 7.0°E, 73 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nkwerre, 32 km away.

Topography around Owerri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Owerri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m.

The land around Owerri is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
135 m
80 km
430 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
June weather nearby: Nkwerre 32 km · Oguta 35 km · Ihiala 46 km · Elele 49 km · Uga 51 km · Umuahia 51 km · Okigwe 52 km · Aba 56 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 Owerri (5.4836°, 7.0332°, elevation 73 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).