Akure climate

Name: Akure
Address: NG

Akure is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (233 mm) and December the driest (9.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Akure averages 1,546 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 730,000 · 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 9 mm
Wettest month September 233 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record December 17 °C

What to expectAkure through the year

Akure has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 34 °C in February, a swing of 3.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 177 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 233 mm against 9 mm in December — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.4 °C	14 mm	53 %
February	33.9 °C	32 mm	64 %
March	32.6 °C	81 mm	81 %
April	31.0 °C	127 mm	86 %
May	29.6 °C	182 mm	88 %
June	28.1 °C	217 mm	88 %
July	27.1 °C	212 mm	91 %
August	27.0 °C	213 mm	92 %
September	27.7 °C	233 mm	90 %
October	28.7 °C	179 mm	88 %
November	30.4 °C	47 mm	72 %
December	32.1 °C	9 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.4 °C	21.5 °C	26.4 °C	36.6 °C	16.6 °C	31	30
February	33.9 °C	22.7 °C	27.1 °C	38.3 °C	17.2 °C	28	27
March	32.6 °C	23.6 °C	26.7 °C	38.2 °C	17.3 °C	31	29
April	31.0 °C	23.4 °C	25.9 °C	35.2 °C	20.7 °C	30	22
May	29.6 °C	23.0 °C	25.2 °C	33.1 °C	20.5 °C	31	13
June	28.1 °C	22.2 °C	24.1 °C	31.8 °C	20.2 °C	29	2
July	27.1 °C	21.5 °C	23.3 °C	30.7 °C	19.0 °C	28	0
August	27.0 °C	21.3 °C	23.2 °C	31.1 °C	19.0 °C	27	0
September	27.7 °C	21.6 °C	23.5 °C	31.7 °C	20.1 °C	27	2
October	28.7 °C	21.9 °C	24.2 °C	32.1 °C	20.0 °C	30	5
November	30.4 °C	22.3 °C	25.3 °C	34.8 °C	17.5 °C	30	18
December	32.1 °C	21.5 °C	25.8 °C	36.4 °C	16.5 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	60 %	11 km/h
February	32 mm	7	12 h/day	64 %	67 %	12 km/h
March	81 mm	18	12 h/day	81 %	79 %	13 km/h
April	127 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	84 %	12 km/h
May	182 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	11 km/h
June	217 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	89 %	11 km/h
July	212 mm	28	13 h/day	91 %	89 %	11 km/h
August	213 mm	26	12 h/day	92 %	88 %	12 km/h
September	233 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	10 km/h
October	179 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	9.3 km/h
November	47 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	9.6 km/h
December	9 mm	3	12 h/day	48 %	70 %	10 km/h

How Akure 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
Akure	34 °C	21 °C	1,546 mm	353
Ise-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	355
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Ondo · Nigeria	33 °C	21 °C	1,902 mm	353
Owo · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,506 mm	356
Efon-Alaaye · Nigeria	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351

Where Akure ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	49th of 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Akure’s climate

When is the best time to visit Akure?

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 Akure get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 177 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Akure?

September, averaging 233 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,546 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 Akure 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: 7.253°, 5.193° (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.