Ibadan climate

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Ibadan is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (212 mm) and December the driest (7.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ibadan averages 1,352 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 3,649,000 · 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 7 mm
Wettest month September 212 mm
Least cloud December 47 % cloud
Hottest on record March 39 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectIbadan through the year

Ibadan 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, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 204 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 212 mm against 7 mm in December — 30 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.2 °C	13 mm	50 %
February	34.8 °C	25 mm	61 %
March	33.7 °C	58 mm	77 %
April	32.0 °C	99 mm	82 %
May	30.3 °C	159 mm	85 %
June	28.7 °C	204 mm	86 %
July	27.7 °C	206 mm	88 %
August	27.6 °C	193 mm	89 %
September	28.3 °C	212 mm	88 %
October	29.3 °C	148 mm	86 %
November	31.1 °C	30 mm	69 %
December	33.1 °C	7 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.2 °C	22.1 °C	27.2 °C	37.3 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
February	34.8 °C	23.4 °C	28.0 °C	38.7 °C	16.9 °C	28	28
March	33.7 °C	24.4 °C	27.8 °C	39.0 °C	15.9 °C	31	30
April	32.0 °C	24.2 °C	27.0 °C	36.7 °C	21.1 °C	30	27
May	30.3 °C	23.6 °C	26.0 °C	34.6 °C	21.2 °C	31	20
June	28.7 °C	22.7 °C	24.8 °C	32.6 °C	20.6 °C	30	4
July	27.7 °C	22.0 °C	24.0 °C	30.8 °C	19.6 °C	29	0
August	27.6 °C	21.8 °C	23.8 °C	30.7 °C	18.8 °C	29	0
September	28.3 °C	22.2 °C	24.3 °C	31.4 °C	20.2 °C	29	2
October	29.3 °C	22.6 °C	25.0 °C	32.2 °C	21.0 °C	31	8
November	31.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.2 °C	34.7 °C	17.6 °C	30	24
December	33.1 °C	22.3 °C	26.8 °C	36.6 °C	15.7 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	3	12 h/day	50 %	63 %	12 km/h
February	25 mm	6	12 h/day	61 %	69 %	13 km/h
March	58 mm	13	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	13 km/h
April	99 mm	18	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	13 km/h
May	159 mm	23	12 h/day	85 %	87 %	11 km/h
June	204 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	89 %	11 km/h
July	206 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	89 %	11 km/h
August	193 mm	25	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	11 km/h
September	212 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	10 km/h
October	148 mm	22	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	9.6 km/h
November	30 mm	7	12 h/day	69 %	83 %	10 km/h
December	7 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	71 %	11 km/h

How Ibadan 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
Ibadan	35 °C	22 °C	1,352 mm	360
Ikire · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	1,589 mm	359
Iwo · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	359
Oyo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,010 mm	359
Ijebu Ode · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,910 mm	360
Shagamu · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,811 mm	361
Abeokuta · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,135 mm	363

Where Ibadan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	28th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	29th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	40th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	46th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	50th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ibadan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ibadan?

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 Ibadan get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 204 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 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ibadan?

September, averaging 212 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,352 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 Ibadan 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: 7.378°, 3.906° (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.