Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt (Nigerian Pidgin: Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa, formerly is a port city, capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fourth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano and Ibadan It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the oil rich Niger Delta region. As of 2025, Port Harcourt's urban population is approximately 3,800,000. The population of the metropolitan area of Port Harcourt is almost twice its urban area population with a 2015 United Nations estimate of 2,344,000. In 1950, the population of Port Harcourt was 59,752. Port Harcourt has grown by 150,844 since 2015, which represents a 4.99% annual change.
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 2,120,000
- Time zone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 4.78, 7.01
Weather in Port Harcourt month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 34° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 33° | 33° |
| low | 13° | 15° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 15° |
| rain | 26 mm | 50 mm | 103 mm | 155 mm | 208 mm | 315 mm | 324 mm | 334 mm | 397 mm | 249 mm | 131 mm | 29 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Port Harcourt is from other cities in Nigeria
- Aba54 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 54 min
- Onitsha155 km✈ 56 min · 🚗 2 h 35 min
- Enugu193 km✈ 59 min · 🚗 3 h 13 min
- Benin City232 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 52 min
- Lagos442 km✈ 1 h 17 min · 🚗 7 h 22 min
- Ibadan449 km✈ 1 h 18 min · 🚗 7 h 29 min
- Abuja479 km✈ 1 h 20 min · 🚗 7 h 59 min
- Ilorin496 km✈ 1 h 21 min · 🚗 8 h 16 min
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