Onitsha
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of Africa. in Owelle Osowa Anya Onitsha. Anambra State. Nigeria (2): Koutchika Lihouenou Gaspard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Onitsha is a city in Nigeria, in Anambra. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 6.15° N, 6.79° E, about 57 m (187 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Onitsha. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Onitsha has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (67°F). Around 1,704 mm (67 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
- Enugu · 85 km
- Benin City · 130 km
- Aba · 132 km
- Port Harcourt · 154 km
- Abuja · 332 km
- Ibadan · 346 km
- Ilorin · 359 km
- Lagos · 376 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2326016 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q852238 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of Africa. in Owelle Osowa Anya Onitsha. Anambra State. Nigeria (2): Koutchika Lihouenou Gaspard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)