Port Harcourt weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇬 Nigeria · major city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Port Harcourt is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with December and February close behind. Port Harcourt averages about 1,725 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 26 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,725
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 2,321 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2.1M
- Elevation
- 27 m
When is the best time to visit Port Harcourt?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Harcourt is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (61/100, 155 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Harcourt?
Port Harcourt isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,725 hours of sunshine a year. January (84/100) is noticeably better than April (61). It ranks #20 of 23 destinations in Nigeria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,273 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 45% of the annual 2,321 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 84 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 26 mm | 7 |
| February | 79 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 50 mm | 7 |
| March | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 103 mm | 8 |
| April | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 155 mm | 8 |
| May | 61 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 208 mm | 8 |
| June | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 315 mm | 7 |
| July | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 324 mm | 6 |
| August | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 334 mm | 7 |
| September | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 397 mm | 7 |
| October | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 249 mm | 8 |
| November | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 131 mm | 8 |
| December | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 29 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Owerri Nigeria · 54 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
- Enugu Nigeria · 176 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Malabo Equatorial Guinea · 240 km · best in Dec · 1,221 h sun/yr
- Douala Cameroon · 327 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr
- Lagos Nigeria · 437 km · best in Jan · 1,868 h sun/yr
- Abuja Nigeria · 445 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Uyo Nigeria · 128 km · 1,496 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Asaba Nigeria · 136 km · 1,855 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Warri Nigeria · 141 km · 1,621 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Calabar Nigeria · 155 km · 1,495 h sun/yr · best in Dec
Head-to-head
How Port Harcourt compares month by month: Port Harcourt vs Enugu · Port Harcourt vs Owerri · Port Harcourt vs Malabo · all comparisons
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