Region · Nigeria
Best time to visit Abia State
This guide covers 3 destinations in Abia State, a first-level administrative division of Nigeria. The largest by population are Aba, Umuahia and Bende. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Main airport
- QOWSam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
- Currency
- NGNnaira
- Time zone
- Africa/Lagos
Destinations
Destinations in Abia State
Every destination in this guide in Abia State, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Abia State
From the climate of 3 destinations in Abia State with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 17 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 30 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 112 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 178 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 255 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 302 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 301 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 292 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 339 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 263 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 81 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 16 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Abia State
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Abia State name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
QOW · Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
PHC · Port Harcourt International Airport
PHG · Port Harcourt City Airport / Port Harcourt Air Force Base
QUO · Akwa Ibom International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Abia State, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Nigeria
Nearby
Regions near Abia State
Other regions of Nigeria with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.