Ikare climate

Name: Ikare
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Ikare is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (220 mm) and December the driest (5.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ikare averages 1,366 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 465,000 · 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 January 21 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month September 220 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectIkare through the year

Ikare has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 34 °C in February, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 208 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 220 mm against 5 mm in December — 44 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	8 mm	48 %
February	34.3 °C	21 mm	60 %
March	33.6 °C	58 mm	77 %
April	32.0 °C	100 mm	83 %
May	30.4 °C	152 mm	86 %
June	28.6 °C	198 mm	87 %
July	27.4 °C	203 mm	90 %
August	27.3 °C	208 mm	91 %
September	28.2 °C	220 mm	89 %
October	29.3 °C	162 mm	85 %
November	31.3 °C	31 mm	67 %
December	32.9 °C	5 mm	42 %

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	20.6 °C	26.4 °C	37.1 °C	15.2 °C	31	31
February	34.3 °C	21.9 °C	27.1 °C	38.5 °C	16.5 °C	28	28
March	33.6 °C	23.1 °C	27.0 °C	37.7 °C	16.7 °C	31	30
April	32.0 °C	23.0 °C	26.2 °C	37.1 °C	20.3 °C	30	26
May	30.4 °C	22.6 °C	25.3 °C	34.4 °C	20.2 °C	31	19
June	28.6 °C	21.8 °C	24.1 °C	32.3 °C	18.7 °C	29	4
July	27.4 °C	21.1 °C	23.2 °C	31.2 °C	19.3 °C	28	0
August	27.3 °C	20.9 °C	23.1 °C	31.5 °C	18.1 °C	28	1
September	28.2 °C	21.2 °C	23.5 °C	32.0 °C	19.5 °C	28	3
October	29.3 °C	21.5 °C	24.2 °C	33.0 °C	19.3 °C	30	10
November	31.3 °C	21.8 °C	25.5 °C	34.9 °C	16.9 °C	30	25
December	32.9 °C	20.7 °C	26.0 °C	36.4 °C	15.6 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	12 h/day	48 %	52 %	11 km/h
February	21 mm	5	12 h/day	60 %	60 %	12 km/h
March	58 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	74 %	13 km/h
April	100 mm	16	12 h/day	83 %	81 %	13 km/h
May	152 mm	22	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	11 km/h
June	198 mm	25	13 h/day	87 %	88 %	11 km/h
July	203 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	88 %	12 km/h
August	208 mm	25	12 h/day	91 %	87 %	12 km/h
September	220 mm	27	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	10 km/h
October	162 mm	23	12 h/day	85 %	87 %	9.4 km/h
November	31 mm	6	12 h/day	67 %	77 %	9.8 km/h
December	5 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	60 %	10 km/h

How Ikare 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
Ikare	34 °C	21 °C	1,366 mm	356
Ise-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	355
Owo · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,506 mm	356
Okene · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,136 mm	359
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Akure · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,546 mm	353
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351

Where Ikare ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	44th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	45th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	50th of 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ikare’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ikare?

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 Ikare get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 208 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 January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ikare?

September, averaging 220 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,366 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 Ikare 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: 7.526°, 5.753° (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.