Region · Nigeria
Where to stay in Cross River State
This guide covers 3 destinations in Cross River State, a first-level administrative division of Nigeria, with 5 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Calabar, Ikom and Bakassi. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Places to stay
- 5
- Main airport
- CBQMargaret Ekpo International Airport
- Currency
- NGNnaira
- Time zone
- Africa/Lagos
Destinations
Destinations in Cross River State
Every destination in this guide in Cross River 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.
Where to stay
Hotels in Cross River State
5 hotels in Cross River State recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Cross River State
From the climate of 3 destinations in Cross River 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 | 32 °C | 24 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 41 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 141 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 199 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 268 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 374 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 325 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 28 °C | 397 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 371 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 297 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 149 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 32 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 Cross River State
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Cross River 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.
CBQ · Margaret Ekpo International Airport
ENU · Akanu Ibiam International Airport
QUO · Akwa Ibom International Airport
SSG · Malabo International Airport
QOW · Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Cross River 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 Cross River 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); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.