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Last and first frost dates in Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Port Harcourt had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Port Harcourt

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Port Harcourt

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Enugu189 km——
Benin City229 km——
Lagos442 km——
Ibadan448 km——
Abuja475 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Port Harcourt

Within 15 km of Port Harcourt OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Rumuomasi Market, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Port Harcourt by month

Average weather in Port Harcourt over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.8–33.6 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: November–May (30–33.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 23.1 °C. About 2448 mm of rain falls in a year, on 273 days; September is the wettest month (368 mm) and January the driest (34 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January33.123.7349
February33.624.7509
March31.22516325
April3124.917623
May3024.523127
June28.723.631128
July27.823.232429
August28.123.127228
September28.223.236830
October28.923.432630
November3023.915524
December3223.83811

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).