Enugu
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Akwata Roundabout: Ebeleokoli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Enugu is a city in Nigeria, in Enugu State. About 950,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 6.44° N, 7.50° E, about 192 m (630 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Enugu. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Enugu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (65°F). Around 1,524 mm (60 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
- Onitsha · 85 km
- Aba · 149 km
- Port Harcourt · 192 km
- Benin City · 207 km
- Abuja · 290 km
- Ilorin · 398 km
- Ibadan · 410 km
- Jos · 416 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2343279 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q465022 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Akwata Roundabout: Ebeleokoli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)