Kisi climate

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Kisi is warmest in March, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. August is the wettest month (206 mm) and December the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kisi averages 1,020 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 155,510 · 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 August 206 mm
Least cloud December 29 % cloud
Hottest on record February 40 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectKisi through the year

Kisi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in January to 37 °C in March, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 279 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 206 mm against 1 mm in December — 211 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.9 °C	2 mm	35 %
February	36.5 °C	5 mm	43 %
March	37.1 °C	20 mm	62 %
April	35.7 °C	61 mm	71 %
May	33.1 °C	117 mm	75 %
June	30.7 °C	137 mm	77 %
July	28.7 °C	178 mm	84 %
August	28.2 °C	206 mm	86 %
September	29.4 °C	194 mm	82 %
October	31.5 °C	92 mm	72 %
November	34.1 °C	6 mm	47 %
December	34.6 °C	1 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.9 °C	19.9 °C	26.8 °C	38.6 °C	14.9 °C	31	31
February	36.5 °C	21.6 °C	28.5 °C	40.4 °C	17.0 °C	28	28
March	37.1 °C	23.7 °C	29.6 °C	40.3 °C	16.3 °C	31	31
April	35.7 °C	24.2 °C	28.8 °C	40.2 °C	19.2 °C	30	30
May	33.1 °C	23.6 °C	27.3 °C	38.6 °C	21.1 °C	31	29
June	30.7 °C	22.5 °C	25.6 °C	35.4 °C	20.3 °C	30	20
July	28.7 °C	21.7 °C	24.4 °C	32.8 °C	19.4 °C	29	7
August	28.2 °C	21.4 °C	24.0 °C	32.1 °C	19.0 °C	28	4
September	29.4 °C	21.6 °C	24.5 °C	34.2 °C	20.0 °C	29	12
October	31.5 °C	22.0 °C	25.6 °C	35.4 °C	18.3 °C	31	25
November	34.1 °C	21.4 °C	26.9 °C	37.2 °C	16.6 °C	30	30
December	34.6 °C	20.0 °C	26.7 °C	37.5 °C	15.8 °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	35 %	32 %	12 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	43 %	37 %	12 km/h
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	62 %	52 %	14 km/h
April	61 mm	11	12 h/day	71 %	65 %	14 km/h
May	117 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	75 %	13 km/h
June	137 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	81 %	13 km/h
July	178 mm	24	13 h/day	84 %	84 %	12 km/h
August	206 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	12 km/h
September	194 mm	24	12 h/day	82 %	85 %	11 km/h
October	92 mm	16	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	11 km/h
November	6 mm	1	12 h/day	47 %	57 %	11 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	37 %	11 km/h

How Kisi 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
Kisi	37 °C	20 °C	1,020 mm	360
Saki · Nigeria	35 °C	20 °C	1,094 mm	357
Ilorin · Nigeria	37 °C	20 °C	789 mm	361
Ogbomoso · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	991 mm	359
Iseyin · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,046 mm	359
Oyo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,010 mm	359
Parakou · Benin	37 °C	19 °C	1,150 mm	359

Where Kisi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	10thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	10thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	10thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	10thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	10thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	10thof 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kisi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kisi?

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 Kisi get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 279 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °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 Kisi?

August, averaging 206 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,020 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 Kisi 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.