Aba
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Aba Nigeria hotel: pjotter05, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Aba is a city in Nigeria, in Abia State. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 5.11° N, 7.37° E, about 64 m (210 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Aba. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Aba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 2,315 mm (91 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NigeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Port Harcourt · 53 km
- Onitsha · 132 km
- Enugu · 149 km
- Benin City · 236 km
- Abuja · 439 km
- Ibadan · 458 km
- Lagos · 464 km
- Ilorin · 489 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2353151 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q202162 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Aba Nigeria hotel: pjotter05, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)