Ogbomoso climate

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Ogbomoso is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (179 mm) and December the driest (2.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ogbomoso averages 991 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 433,030 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month September 179 mm
Least cloud December 38 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectOgbomoso through the year

Ogbomoso has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 35 °C in February, a swing of 4.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 223 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 179 mm against 2 mm in December — 87 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.9 °C	4 mm	42 %
February	35.0 °C	11 mm	53 %
March	34.7 °C	38 mm	71 %
April	33.1 °C	70 mm	78 %
May	31.2 °C	108 mm	82 %
June	29.1 °C	140 mm	84 %
July	27.7 °C	165 mm	88 %
August	27.3 °C	165 mm	89 %
September	28.2 °C	179 mm	86 %
October	29.6 °C	100 mm	81 %
November	31.8 °C	11 mm	61 %
December	33.2 °C	2 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.9 °C	21.0 °C	26.8 °C	37.0 °C	15.0 °C	31	31
February	35.0 °C	22.4 °C	27.9 °C	38.7 °C	16.1 °C	28	28
March	34.7 °C	23.8 °C	28.0 °C	38.1 °C	16.2 °C	31	31
April	33.1 °C	23.8 °C	27.2 °C	37.3 °C	19.6 °C	30	29
May	31.2 °C	23.4 °C	26.2 °C	35.5 °C	21.0 °C	31	25
June	29.1 °C	22.5 °C	24.8 °C	33.7 °C	20.0 °C	30	7
July	27.7 °C	21.6 °C	23.8 °C	31.0 °C	19.3 °C	29	1
August	27.3 °C	21.3 °C	23.5 °C	30.8 °C	18.1 °C	28	0
September	28.2 °C	21.6 °C	24.0 °C	32.7 °C	19.6 °C	29	2
October	29.6 °C	22.0 °C	24.8 °C	33.5 °C	19.8 °C	31	12
November	31.8 °C	22.4 °C	26.1 °C	35.5 °C	16.5 °C	30	27
December	33.2 °C	21.0 °C	26.4 °C	36.5 °C	14.7 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	49 %	12 km/h
February	11 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	56 %	13 km/h
March	38 mm	7	12 h/day	71 %	68 %	14 km/h
April	70 mm	12	12 h/day	78 %	76 %	14 km/h
May	108 mm	17	12 h/day	82 %	81 %	13 km/h
June	140 mm	21	13 h/day	84 %	84 %	12 km/h
July	165 mm	24	13 h/day	88 %	86 %	12 km/h
August	165 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	12 km/h
September	179 mm	23	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	11 km/h
October	100 mm	17	12 h/day	81 %	84 %	11 km/h
November	11 mm	2	12 h/day	61 %	74 %	11 km/h
December	2 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	56 %	11 km/h

How Ogbomoso 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
Ogbomoso	35 °C	21 °C	991 mm	359
Oyo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,010 mm	359
Ilorin · Nigeria	37 °C	20 °C	789 mm	361
Osogbo · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,223 mm	356
Iwo · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,084 mm	359
Iseyin · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,046 mm	359
Ila Orangun · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,500 mm	352

Where Ogbomoso ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	35th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	36th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	37th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	42nd of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	42nd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	43rd of 50	35 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ogbomoso’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ogbomoso?

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 Ogbomoso get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 223 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 January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ogbomoso?

September, averaging 179 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 991 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 Ogbomoso 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: 8.134°, 4.240° (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.