Ikire climate

Name: Ikire
Address: NG

Ikire is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (235 mm) and December the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ikire averages 1,589 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 222,160 · 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 22 °C
Driest month December 14 mm
Wettest month September 235 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record March 39 °C
Coldest on record March 17 °C

What to expectIkire through the year

Ikire has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 34 °C in February, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 193 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 235 mm against 14 mm in December — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.8 °C	19 mm	53 %
February	34.4 °C	36 mm	64 %
March	33.2 °C	79 mm	79 %
April	31.5 °C	136 mm	84 %
May	30.0 °C	199 mm	87 %
June	28.5 °C	220 mm	86 %
July	27.5 °C	220 mm	89 %
August	27.4 °C	205 mm	89 %
September	28.2 °C	235 mm	89 %
October	29.1 °C	175 mm	87 %
November	30.8 °C	50 mm	71 %
December	32.7 °C	14 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.8 °C	22.1 °C	27.0 °C	37.2 °C	16.8 °C	31	31
February	34.4 °C	23.3 °C	27.7 °C	38.3 °C	16.8 °C	28	28
March	33.2 °C	24.3 °C	27.4 °C	38.5 °C	16.7 °C	31	30
April	31.5 °C	24.1 °C	26.7 °C	36.0 °C	20.9 °C	30	25
May	30.0 °C	23.5 °C	25.8 °C	34.1 °C	21.1 °C	31	16
June	28.5 °C	22.6 °C	24.6 °C	32.3 °C	20.4 °C	30	2
July	27.5 °C	21.9 °C	23.8 °C	30.6 °C	19.6 °C	29	0
August	27.4 °C	21.7 °C	23.7 °C	34.7 °C	19.1 °C	29	0
September	28.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.1 °C	31.3 °C	20.3 °C	29	1
October	29.1 °C	22.5 °C	24.8 °C	32.6 °C	20.7 °C	31	7
November	30.8 °C	23.1 °C	26.0 °C	34.4 °C	18.1 °C	30	22
December	32.7 °C	22.3 °C	26.5 °C	36.4 °C	16.7 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	5	12 h/day	53 %	63 %	11 km/h
February	36 mm	8	12 h/day	64 %	70 %	12 km/h
March	79 mm	19	12 h/day	79 %	79 %	12 km/h
April	136 mm	22	12 h/day	84 %	84 %	11 km/h
May	199 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	10.0 km/h
June	220 mm	28	13 h/day	86 %	89 %	10.0 km/h
July	220 mm	28	13 h/day	89 %	89 %	11 km/h
August	205 mm	26	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	11 km/h
September	235 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	9.8 km/h
October	175 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	89 %	9.0 km/h
November	50 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
December	14 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	71 %	10 km/h

How Ikire 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
Ikire	34 °C	22 °C	1,589 mm	359
Iwo · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	359
Ibadan · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,352 mm	360
Ile-Ife · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	356
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Oyo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,010 mm	359
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352

Where Ikire ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	38th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	39th of 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ikire’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ikire?

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 Ikire get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 193 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 Ikire?

September, averaging 235 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,589 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 Ikire 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: 7.370°, 4.186° (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.