Ilesa climate

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Ilesa is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (227 mm) and December the driest (7.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ilesa averages 1,424 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 325,000 · 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 8 mm
Wettest month September 227 mm
Least cloud December 47 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectIlesa through the year

Ilesa 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, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 175 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 227 mm against 8 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	33.7 °C	13 mm	51 %
February	34.1 °C	31 mm	62 %
March	32.7 °C	77 mm	80 %
April	31.0 °C	102 mm	85 %
May	29.4 °C	151 mm	88 %
June	28.0 °C	193 mm	89 %
July	27.0 °C	188 mm	91 %
August	26.8 °C	194 mm	92 %
September	27.6 °C	227 mm	91 %
October	28.7 °C	195 mm	88 %
November	30.5 °C	44 mm	71 %
December	32.6 °C	8 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	33.7 °C	21.1 °C	26.4 °C	37.1 °C	16.3 °C	31	30
February	34.1 °C	22.3 °C	27.0 °C	38.5 °C	16.3 °C	28	28
March	32.7 °C	23.3 °C	26.6 °C	37.9 °C	16.5 °C	31	29
April	31.0 °C	23.2 °C	25.8 °C	35.5 °C	20.3 °C	30	22
May	29.4 °C	22.7 °C	25.0 °C	32.5 °C	20.3 °C	31	11
June	28.0 °C	21.9 °C	23.9 °C	31.9 °C	19.8 °C	29	2
July	27.0 °C	21.2 °C	23.1 °C	30.8 °C	18.8 °C	27	0
August	26.8 °C	20.9 °C	23.0 °C	30.6 °C	18.7 °C	27	0
September	27.6 °C	21.3 °C	23.3 °C	31.8 °C	19.9 °C	27	1
October	28.7 °C	21.6 °C	23.9 °C	32.9 °C	19.7 °C	30	4
November	30.5 °C	22.1 °C	25.1 °C	35.3 °C	17.0 °C	30	19
December	32.6 °C	21.2 °C	25.9 °C	36.9 °C	15.4 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	57 %	11 km/h
February	31 mm	6	12 h/day	62 %	66 %	12 km/h
March	77 mm	14	12 h/day	80 %	78 %	13 km/h
April	102 mm	17	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	12 km/h
May	151 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	88 %	11 km/h
June	193 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	89 %	11 km/h
July	188 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	89 %	11 km/h
August	194 mm	25	12 h/day	92 %	88 %	11 km/h
September	227 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	9.9 km/h
October	195 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	9.2 km/h
November	44 mm	8	12 h/day	71 %	82 %	9.9 km/h
December	8 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	66 %	10 km/h

How Ilesa 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
Ilesa	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352
Efon-Alaaye · Nigeria	33 °C	20 °C	1,481 mm	340
Ile-Ife · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,377 mm	356
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351

Where Ilesa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	42ndof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	43rdof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ilesa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ilesa?

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 Ilesa get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 175 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 Ilesa?

September, averaging 227 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,424 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 Ilesa 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
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.