Ile-Ife climate

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Ile-Ife is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (211 mm) and December the driest (8.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ile-Ife averages 1,377 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 560,000 · 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 August 21 °C
Driest month December 9 mm
Wettest month September 211 mm
Least cloud December 49 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectIle-Ife through the year

Ile-Ife 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, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 186 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 211 mm against 9 mm in December — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.0 °C	14 mm	52 %
February	34.3 °C	29 mm	63 %
March	33.0 °C	69 mm	80 %
April	31.2 °C	102 mm	85 %
May	29.7 °C	165 mm	87 %
June	28.3 °C	199 mm	88 %
July	27.3 °C	192 mm	90 %
August	27.2 °C	187 mm	91 %
September	28.0 °C	211 mm	90 %
October	28.9 °C	162 mm	87 %
November	30.7 °C	37 mm	72 %
December	32.8 °C	9 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.0 °C	21.7 °C	26.8 °C	37.5 °C	16.7 °C	31	31
February	34.3 °C	22.9 °C	27.4 °C	38.5 °C	17.0 °C	28	28
March	33.0 °C	23.8 °C	27.0 °C	38.4 °C	16.2 °C	31	29
April	31.2 °C	23.7 °C	26.2 °C	35.9 °C	20.8 °C	30	23
May	29.7 °C	23.2 °C	25.4 °C	33.0 °C	20.7 °C	31	14
June	28.3 °C	22.4 °C	24.3 °C	31.9 °C	20.2 °C	29	2
July	27.3 °C	21.6 °C	23.5 °C	31.1 °C	19.2 °C	28	0
August	27.2 °C	21.4 °C	23.4 °C	30.6 °C	18.8 °C	28	0
September	28.0 °C	21.8 °C	23.8 °C	31.9 °C	20.3 °C	28	2
October	28.9 °C	22.2 °C	24.4 °C	32.3 °C	20.3 °C	31	6
November	30.7 °C	22.6 °C	25.6 °C	35.1 °C	17.3 °C	30	21
December	32.8 °C	21.8 °C	26.3 °C	37.2 °C	15.9 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	3	12 h/day	52 %	59 %	12 km/h
February	29 mm	7	12 h/day	63 %	68 %	12 km/h
March	69 mm	15	12 h/day	80 %	79 %	13 km/h
April	102 mm	19	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	12 km/h
May	165 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	11 km/h
June	199 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	90 %	10 km/h
July	192 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	89 %	11 km/h
August	187 mm	25	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	11 km/h
September	211 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	9.9 km/h
October	162 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	89 %	9.1 km/h
November	37 mm	9	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	9.8 km/h
December	9 mm	2	12 h/day	49 %	68 %	11 km/h

How Ile-Ife 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
Ile-Ife	34 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	356
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Ikire · Nigeria	34 °C	22 °C	1,589 mm	359
Efon-Alaaye · Nigeria	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Iwo · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	359
Ondo · Nigeria	33 °C	21 °C	1,902 mm	353

Where Ile-Ife ranks

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

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ile-Ife.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ile-Ife’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ile-Ife?

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 Ile-Ife get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 186 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 August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ile-Ife?

September, averaging 211 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,377 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 Ile-Ife 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: 7.482°, 4.560° (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.