Calabar Weather in August
Calabar in August
The short of it: Calabar in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 406 mm (16.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 23° · rain 406 mm · daylight 12 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Calabar an average August high of 28°, a low of 23° and some 406 mm of rain. Calabar's coldest stretch of the year, 28° by day and 23° by night. Wet spells are common — about 406 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 17 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Calabar runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Esuk Oron, 19 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Calabar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 42 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esuk OronAkwa Ibom State | 19 km SSW | 28° | 23° | 441 mm |
| AkankpaCross River State | 24 km NW | 28° | 22° | 373 mm |
| IkangCross River State | 29 km SE | 28° | 22° | 451 mm |
| UyoAkwa Ibom State | 45 km WNW | 29° | 23° | 349 mm |
| ItuAkwa Ibom State | 47 km NW | 28° | 23° | 346 mm |
| EtinanAkwa Ibom State | 54 km WSW | 29° | 23° | 404 mm |
| EketAkwa Ibom State | 57 km SW | 29° | 23° | 474 mm |
| AbakAkwa Ibom State | 60 km W | 29° | 23° | 367 mm |