Ota climate

Name: Ota
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Ota is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (245 mm) and December the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ota averages 1,642 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 251,546 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month December 29 mm
Wettest month June 245 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectOta through the year

Ota has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 33 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 180 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 245 mm against 29 mm in December — 8.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	33 mm	50 %
February	32.9 °C	49 mm	60 %
March	32.0 °C	94 mm	71 %
April	31.2 °C	137 mm	77 %
May	29.9 °C	219 mm	82 %
June	28.3 °C	245 mm	82 %
July	27.4 °C	192 mm	84 %
August	27.3 °C	139 mm	83 %
September	28.0 °C	209 mm	84 %
October	29.0 °C	210 mm	78 %
November	30.3 °C	86 mm	57 %
December	31.8 °C	29 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	23.0 °C	26.9 °C	37.2 °C	16.9 °C	31	30
February	32.9 °C	24.3 °C	27.6 °C	37.9 °C	18.3 °C	28	27
March	32.0 °C	25.1 °C	27.7 °C	37.3 °C	18.7 °C	31	29
April	31.2 °C	24.9 °C	27.3 °C	35.5 °C	22.7 °C	30	25
May	29.9 °C	24.2 °C	26.4 °C	35.2 °C	22.0 °C	31	16
June	28.3 °C	23.2 °C	25.2 °C	31.5 °C	21.4 °C	29	2
July	27.4 °C	22.6 °C	24.5 °C	30.6 °C	20.7 °C	30	0
August	27.3 °C	22.4 °C	24.3 °C	31.2 °C	20.0 °C	30	0
September	28.0 °C	22.6 °C	24.6 °C	33.0 °C	21.0 °C	29	1
October	29.0 °C	23.0 °C	25.3 °C	32.1 °C	21.2 °C	31	5
November	30.3 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	33.9 °C	20.3 °C	30	18
December	31.8 °C	23.3 °C	26.8 °C	35.6 °C	18.0 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	8	12 h/day	50 %	75 %	12 km/h
February	49 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	79 %	13 km/h
March	94 mm	19	12 h/day	71 %	82 %	13 km/h
April	137 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	84 %	12 km/h
May	219 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	10 km/h
June	245 mm	28	13 h/day	82 %	89 %	11 km/h
July	192 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	12 km/h
August	139 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	87 %	13 km/h
September	209 mm	27	12 h/day	84 %	89 %	11 km/h
October	210 mm	28	12 h/day	78 %	89 %	9.4 km/h
November	86 mm	18	12 h/day	57 %	86 %	9.4 km/h
December	29 mm	8	12 h/day	42 %	80 %	10 km/h

How Ota 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
Ota	33 °C	22 °C	1,642 mm	361
Agege · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,497 mm	362
Ajegunle · Nigeria	31 °C	24 °C	1,515 mm	362
Ebute Ikorodu · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,661 mm	362
Lagos · Nigeria	31 °C	24 °C	1,589 mm	362
Lekki · Nigeria	30 °C	24 °C	1,589 mm	362
Shagamu · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,811 mm	361

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ota’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ota?

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 Ota get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 180 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 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ota?

June, averaging 245 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,642 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 Ota 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.