Okene climate

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Okene is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. August is the wettest month (196 mm) and December the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Okene averages 1,136 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 479,178 · 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 August 21 °C
Driest month December 3 mm
Wettest month August 196 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectOkene through the year

Okene has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 35 °C in February, a swing of 4.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 213 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 196 mm against 3 mm in December — 73 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.8 °C	4 mm	46 %
February	34.8 °C	12 mm	57 %
March	34.6 °C	32 mm	74 %
April	33.0 °C	74 mm	80 %
May	31.0 °C	127 mm	83 %
June	29.0 °C	173 mm	83 %
July	27.8 °C	186 mm	87 %
August	27.5 °C	196 mm	88 %
September	28.3 °C	193 mm	85 %
October	29.2 °C	120 mm	81 %
November	31.5 °C	18 mm	62 %
December	33.2 °C	3 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.8 °C	21.3 °C	27.3 °C	37.6 °C	15.4 °C	31	31
February	34.8 °C	22.7 °C	28.2 °C	38.4 °C	16.9 °C	28	28
March	34.6 °C	23.8 °C	28.2 °C	38.2 °C	17.5 °C	31	31
April	33.0 °C	23.7 °C	27.3 °C	38.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	28
May	31.0 °C	23.2 °C	26.2 °C	35.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	22
June	29.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.7 °C	33.9 °C	19.4 °C	30	6
July	27.8 °C	21.5 °C	23.8 °C	31.2 °C	19.5 °C	29	1
August	27.5 °C	21.3 °C	23.7 °C	32.7 °C	19.3 °C	29	1
September	28.3 °C	21.6 °C	24.1 °C	31.2 °C	19.5 °C	29	2
October	29.2 °C	21.9 °C	24.8 °C	33.0 °C	19.0 °C	31	7
November	31.5 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	35.2 °C	17.0 °C	30	25
December	33.2 °C	21.4 °C	27.0 °C	36.8 °C	16.0 °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	46 %	46 %	12 km/h
February	12 mm	3	12 h/day	57 %	54 %	14 km/h
March	32 mm	7	12 h/day	74 %	66 %	16 km/h
April	74 mm	12	12 h/day	80 %	74 %	15 km/h
May	127 mm	19	12 h/day	83 %	79 %	13 km/h
June	173 mm	23	13 h/day	83 %	84 %	13 km/h
July	186 mm	26	13 h/day	87 %	85 %	13 km/h
August	196 mm	24	12 h/day	88 %	84 %	13 km/h
September	193 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	11 km/h
October	120 mm	18	12 h/day	81 %	83 %	11 km/h
November	18 mm	4	12 h/day	62 %	72 %	11 km/h
December	3 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	53 %	11 km/h

How Okene 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
Okene	35 °C	21 °C	1,136 mm	359
Ikare · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,366 mm	356
Owo · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,506 mm	356
Ise-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	355
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Akure · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,546 mm	353
Ijero-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	20 °C	1,455 mm	351

Where Okene ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	35th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	39th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	40th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	40th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	49th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	50th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Okene’s climate

When is the best time to visit Okene?

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 Okene get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 213 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Okene?

August, averaging 196 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,136 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 Okene 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: 7.551°, 6.236° (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.