Efon-Alaaye climate

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Efon-Alaaye is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (239 mm) and December the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Efon-Alaaye averages 1,481 mm of rain and 340 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 279,319 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month August 20 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month September 239 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record December 14 °C

What to expectEfon-Alaaye through the year

Efon-Alaaye has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 33 °C in February, a swing of 4.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 340 days a year reach 25 °C, 147 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 239 mm against 6 mm in December — 41 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.1 °C	12 mm	50 %
February	33.4 °C	30 mm	62 %
March	32.0 °C	75 mm	80 %
April	30.2 °C	111 mm	85 %
May	28.6 °C	160 mm	88 %
June	27.1 °C	203 mm	89 %
July	26.0 °C	199 mm	91 %
August	25.9 °C	207 mm	92 %
September	26.7 °C	239 mm	91 %
October	27.8 °C	203 mm	87 %
November	29.9 °C	38 mm	69 %
December	32.1 °C	6 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	33.1 °C	20.0 °C	25.6 °C	36.4 °C	14.9 °C	31	30
February	33.4 °C	21.1 °C	26.2 °C	38.0 °C	15.5 °C	28	27
March	32.0 °C	22.1 °C	25.6 °C	37.0 °C	15.6 °C	31	27
April	30.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.8 °C	35.0 °C	19.0 °C	30	16
May	28.6 °C	21.7 °C	24.0 °C	31.9 °C	19.3 °C	31	4
June	27.1 °C	20.9 °C	22.9 °C	30.8 °C	18.8 °C	27	0
July	26.0 °C	20.2 °C	22.1 °C	29.6 °C	17.9 °C	24	0
August	25.9 °C	19.9 °C	22.0 °C	29.8 °C	17.4 °C	23	0
September	26.7 °C	20.3 °C	22.4 °C	31.0 °C	18.9 °C	24	0
October	27.8 °C	20.6 °C	23.0 °C	31.5 °C	18.6 °C	30	2
November	29.9 °C	21.0 °C	24.3 °C	34.3 °C	16.2 °C	30	14
December	32.1 °C	20.1 °C	25.2 °C	36.4 °C	14.4 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	12 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	54 %	11 km/h
February	30 mm	6	12 h/day	62 %	63 %	12 km/h
March	75 mm	15	12 h/day	80 %	78 %	13 km/h
April	111 mm	18	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	13 km/h
May	160 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	88 %	12 km/h
June	203 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	90 %	12 km/h
July	199 mm	28	13 h/day	91 %	90 %	12 km/h
August	207 mm	26	12 h/day	92 %	89 %	12 km/h
September	239 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	10 km/h
October	203 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	89 %	9.5 km/h
November	38 mm	7	12 h/day	69 %	81 %	9.7 km/h
December	6 mm	1	12 h/day	45 %	63 %	10 km/h

How Efon-Alaaye 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
Efon-Alaaye	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Ile-Ife · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	356

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Efon-Alaaye.

QuestionsCommon questions about Efon-Alaaye’s climate

When is the best time to visit Efon-Alaaye?

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 Efon-Alaaye get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 147 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 20 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Efon-Alaaye?

September, averaging 239 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,481 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 Efon-Alaaye 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.