Ila Orangun climate

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Ila Orangun is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (264 mm) and December the driest (4.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ila Orangun averages 1,500 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 179,192 · 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 20 °C
Driest month December 4 mm
Wettest month September 264 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectIla Orangun through the year

Ila Orangun has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 34 °C in February, a swing of 4.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 203 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 264 mm against 4 mm in December — 60 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.7 °C	8 mm	47 %
February	34.5 °C	21 mm	58 %
March	33.7 °C	61 mm	77 %
April	32.0 °C	103 mm	82 %
May	30.1 °C	174 mm	86 %
June	28.4 °C	207 mm	87 %
July	27.0 °C	217 mm	90 %
August	26.8 °C	218 mm	91 %
September	27.8 °C	264 mm	89 %
October	29.2 °C	196 mm	84 %
November	31.6 °C	25 mm	64 %
December	33.1 °C	4 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	33.7 °C	20.3 °C	26.2 °C	37.1 °C	15.4 °C	31	31
February	34.5 °C	21.6 °C	27.0 °C	39.0 °C	16.8 °C	28	28
March	33.7 °C	22.7 °C	26.7 °C	37.7 °C	17.0 °C	31	30
April	32.0 °C	22.7 °C	25.9 °C	37.3 °C	19.5 °C	30	26
May	30.1 °C	22.3 °C	24.9 °C	34.3 °C	20.1 °C	31	17
June	28.4 °C	21.5 °C	23.8 °C	32.3 °C	19.5 °C	29	3
July	27.0 °C	20.8 °C	22.9 °C	30.7 °C	19.1 °C	27	0
August	26.8 °C	20.5 °C	22.7 °C	31.8 °C	17.8 °C	26	0
September	27.8 °C	20.8 °C	23.1 °C	31.7 °C	18.9 °C	27	2
October	29.2 °C	21.1 °C	23.8 °C	33.6 °C	18.9 °C	30	10
November	31.6 °C	21.5 °C	25.3 °C	34.9 °C	17.5 °C	30	26
December	33.1 °C	20.5 °C	25.9 °C	35.9 °C	15.9 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	1	12 h/day	47 %	50 %	12 km/h
February	21 mm	4	12 h/day	58 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	61 mm	11	12 h/day	77 %	73 %	14 km/h
April	103 mm	17	12 h/day	82 %	81 %	15 km/h
May	174 mm	23	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	13 km/h
June	207 mm	26	13 h/day	87 %	88 %	13 km/h
July	217 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	89 %	13 km/h
August	218 mm	25	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	13 km/h
September	264 mm	27	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	11 km/h
October	196 mm	24	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	11 km/h
November	25 mm	5	12 h/day	64 %	75 %	11 km/h
December	4 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	57 %	11 km/h

How Ila Orangun 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
Ila Orangun	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351
Efon-Alaaye · Nigeria	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Ilorin · Nigeria	37 °C	20 °C	789 mm	361

Where Ila Orangun ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	38th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	41st of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	42nd of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	44th of 50	33 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ila Orangun.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ila Orangun’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ila Orangun?

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 Ila Orangun get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 203 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ila Orangun?

September, averaging 264 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,500 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 Ila Orangun 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: 8.017°, 4.904° (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.