Ilorin climate

Name: Ilorin
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Ilorin is warmest in March, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (156 mm) and December the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ilorin averages 789 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 1,080,000 · 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 March 37 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month September 156 mm
Least cloud December 34 % cloud
Hottest on record February 41 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C

What to expectIlorin through the year

Ilorin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in January to 37 °C in March, a swing of 5.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 256 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 156 mm against 1 mm in December — 191 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	35.0 °C	2 mm	39 %
February	36.4 °C	4 mm	49 %
March	36.8 °C	20 mm	67 %
April	35.3 °C	47 mm	74 %
May	33.0 °C	82 mm	78 %
June	30.3 °C	111 mm	81 %
July	28.5 °C	129 mm	85 %
August	27.9 °C	153 mm	87 %
September	28.7 °C	156 mm	84 %
October	30.3 °C	77 mm	77 %
November	33.4 °C	5 mm	56 %
December	34.6 °C	1 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	35.0 °C	20.2 °C	27.2 °C	38.6 °C	14.0 °C	31	31
February	36.4 °C	22.2 °C	28.7 °C	40.5 °C	15.7 °C	28	28
March	36.8 °C	24.1 °C	29.4 °C	40.1 °C	14.4 °C	31	31
April	35.3 °C	24.3 °C	28.6 °C	40.3 °C	20.2 °C	30	30
May	33.0 °C	23.8 °C	27.3 °C	37.8 °C	21.5 °C	31	29
June	30.3 °C	22.8 °C	25.6 °C	34.8 °C	20.2 °C	30	18
July	28.5 °C	22.0 °C	24.4 °C	31.9 °C	19.5 °C	30	5
August	27.9 °C	21.7 °C	24.1 °C	31.5 °C	19.3 °C	29	1
September	28.7 °C	21.9 °C	24.4 °C	32.4 °C	19.4 °C	29	5
October	30.3 °C	22.2 °C	25.3 °C	35.9 °C	19.6 °C	31	18
November	33.4 °C	22.2 °C	26.9 °C	37.0 °C	16.3 °C	30	29
December	34.6 °C	20.5 °C	27.1 °C	37.6 °C	14.9 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	40 %	12 km/h
February	4 mm	1	12 h/day	49 %	46 %	13 km/h
March	20 mm	5	12 h/day	67 %	59 %	16 km/h
April	47 mm	9	12 h/day	74 %	68 %	16 km/h
May	82 mm	15	13 h/day	78 %	75 %	15 km/h
June	111 mm	18	13 h/day	81 %	81 %	14 km/h
July	129 mm	21	13 h/day	85 %	83 %	14 km/h
August	153 mm	20	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	14 km/h
September	156 mm	21	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	77 mm	14	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	12 km/h
November	5 mm	1	12 h/day	56 %	65 %	12 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	46 %	11 km/h

How Ilorin 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
Ilorin	37 °C	20 °C	789 mm	361
Ogbomoso · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	991 mm	359
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351
Oyo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,010 mm	359
Ilesa · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,424 mm	352

Where Ilorin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	7th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	7th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	11th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	11th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	12th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	12th of 50	36 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ilorin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ilorin?

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, March is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ilorin get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 256 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Ilorin?

September, averaging 156 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 789 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 Ilorin 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: 8.497°, 4.542° (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.