Ado-Ekiti climate

Name: Ado-Ekiti
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Ado-Ekiti is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (211 mm) and December the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ado-Ekiti averages 1,342 mm of rain and 351 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 435,000 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month August 21 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month September 211 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectAdo-Ekiti through the year

Ado-Ekiti has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 34 °C in February, a swing of 4.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 351 days a year reach 25 °C, 180 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 211 mm against 5 mm in December — 39 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.6 °C	10 mm	50 %
February	34.1 °C	24 mm	61 %
March	33.0 °C	67 mm	79 %
April	31.3 °C	104 mm	84 %
May	29.6 °C	152 mm	87 %
June	28.0 °C	187 mm	88 %
July	26.9 °C	183 mm	91 %
August	26.8 °C	191 mm	92 %
September	27.6 °C	211 mm	90 %
October	28.7 °C	172 mm	86 %
November	30.6 °C	35 mm	69 %
December	32.5 °C	5 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	33.6 °C	20.9 °C	26.4 °C	36.9 °C	16.3 °C	31	30
February	34.1 °C	22.1 °C	27.1 °C	38.7 °C	17.0 °C	28	28
March	33.0 °C	23.1 °C	26.6 °C	38.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	29
April	31.3 °C	23.0 °C	25.8 °C	35.9 °C	20.4 °C	30	23
May	29.6 °C	22.6 °C	25.0 °C	33.3 °C	20.2 °C	31	13
June	28.0 °C	21.8 °C	23.8 °C	32.5 °C	19.9 °C	29	2
July	26.9 °C	21.0 °C	23.0 °C	30.5 °C	18.9 °C	27	0
August	26.8 °C	20.8 °C	22.9 °C	31.3 °C	18.3 °C	26	0
September	27.6 °C	21.1 °C	23.3 °C	31.6 °C	19.5 °C	27	1
October	28.7 °C	21.5 °C	23.9 °C	32.4 °C	19.6 °C	30	5
November	30.6 °C	21.8 °C	25.1 °C	35.3 °C	17.3 °C	30	20
December	32.5 °C	21.0 °C	25.9 °C	36.7 °C	15.9 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	54 %	11 km/h
February	24 mm	5	12 h/day	61 %	62 %	12 km/h
March	67 mm	14	12 h/day	79 %	76 %	13 km/h
April	104 mm	18	12 h/day	84 %	83 %	13 km/h
May	152 mm	23	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	11 km/h
June	187 mm	26	13 h/day	88 %	89 %	11 km/h
July	183 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	89 %	12 km/h
August	191 mm	26	12 h/day	92 %	88 %	12 km/h
September	211 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	10 km/h
October	172 mm	25	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	9.1 km/h
November	35 mm	8	12 h/day	69 %	80 %	9.4 km/h
December	5 mm	2	12 h/day	45 %	63 %	10 km/h

How Ado-Ekiti 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
Ado-Ekiti	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351
Ise-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	355
Efon-Alaaye · Nigeria	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Akure · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,546 mm	353
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352

Where Ado-Ekiti ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	45thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	46thof 50	34 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ado-Ekiti.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ado-Ekiti’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ado-Ekiti?

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 Ado-Ekiti get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 180 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ado-Ekiti?

September, averaging 211 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,342 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 Ado-Ekiti 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
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.