Abeokuta climate

Name: Abeokuta
Address: NG

Abeokuta is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (172 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abeokuta averages 1,135 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 735,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 35 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month December 11 mm
Wettest month June 172 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record March 40 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectAbeokuta through the year

Abeokuta has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 35 °C in February, a swing of 4.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 226 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 172 mm against 11 mm in December — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.5 °C	15 mm	50 %
February	35.1 °C	27 mm	59 %
March	34.0 °C	58 mm	73 %
April	32.5 °C	90 mm	79 %
May	30.9 °C	144 mm	83 %
June	29.1 °C	172 mm	83 %
July	28.3 °C	160 mm	85 %
August	28.2 °C	143 mm	86 %
September	28.8 °C	162 mm	86 %
October	29.8 °C	121 mm	81 %
November	31.5 °C	31 mm	62 %
December	33.4 °C	11 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.5 °C	23.1 °C	28.0 °C	38.3 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
February	35.1 °C	24.5 °C	28.7 °C	39.3 °C	18.4 °C	28	28
March	34.0 °C	25.2 °C	28.5 °C	39.8 °C	16.9 °C	31	31
April	32.5 °C	24.9 °C	27.8 °C	37.1 °C	22.4 °C	30	28
May	30.9 °C	24.1 °C	26.7 °C	35.5 °C	21.9 °C	31	24
June	29.1 °C	23.2 °C	25.5 °C	32.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	7
July	28.3 °C	22.5 °C	24.8 °C	30.9 °C	20.2 °C	30	1
August	28.2 °C	22.3 °C	24.6 °C	31.3 °C	19.6 °C	30	1
September	28.8 °C	22.7 °C	25.0 °C	32.2 °C	20.3 °C	30	4
October	29.8 °C	23.0 °C	25.6 °C	32.8 °C	21.3 °C	31	14
November	31.5 °C	23.6 °C	26.8 °C	35.4 °C	18.5 °C	30	26
December	33.4 °C	23.2 °C	27.6 °C	36.9 °C	16.9 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	64 %	13 km/h
February	27 mm	7	12 h/day	59 %	70 %	14 km/h
March	58 mm	13	12 h/day	73 %	76 %	14 km/h
April	90 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	80 %	13 km/h
May	144 mm	24	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	12 km/h
June	172 mm	26	13 h/day	83 %	87 %	11 km/h
July	160 mm	25	13 h/day	85 %	86 %	12 km/h
August	143 mm	23	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	12 km/h
September	162 mm	25	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	11 km/h
October	121 mm	23	12 h/day	81 %	87 %	10 km/h
November	31 mm	8	12 h/day	62 %	82 %	11 km/h
December	11 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	72 %	12 km/h

How Abeokuta compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Abeokuta	35 °C	22 °C	1,135 mm	363
Shagamu · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,811 mm	361
Ota · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,642 mm	361
Agege · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,497 mm	362
Ebute Ikorodu · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,661 mm	362
Ibadan · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,352 mm	360
Ijebu Ode · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,910 mm	360

Where Abeokuta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	15th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	16th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	26th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	30th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	37th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	38th of 50	35 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Abeokuta.

QuestionsCommon questions about Abeokuta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abeokuta?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Abeokuta get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 226 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Abeokuta?

June, averaging 172 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,135 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Abeokuta rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 7.156°, 3.345° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.