Owo climate

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Owo is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. September is the wettest month (227 mm) and December the driest (8.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Owo averages 1,506 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 276,574 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month December 8 mm
Wettest month September 227 mm
Least cloud December 47 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 16 °C

What to expectOwo through the year

Owo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 34 °C in February, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 196 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 227 mm against 8 mm in December — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.5 °C	12 mm	51 %
February	34.1 °C	28 mm	63 %
March	33.1 °C	74 mm	80 %
April	31.5 °C	120 mm	85 %
May	30.1 °C	174 mm	87 %
June	28.5 °C	216 mm	88 %
July	27.5 °C	215 mm	90 %
August	27.4 °C	216 mm	91 %
September	28.1 °C	227 mm	90 %
October	29.1 °C	170 mm	87 %
November	30.8 °C	44 mm	71 %
December	32.4 °C	8 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.5 °C	21.2 °C	26.4 °C	36.8 °C	15.8 °C	31	31
February	34.1 °C	22.6 °C	27.2 °C	38.1 °C	16.7 °C	28	28
March	33.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.9 °C	37.8 °C	16.8 °C	31	30
April	31.5 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	36.3 °C	20.6 °C	30	24
May	30.1 °C	22.9 °C	25.3 °C	33.6 °C	20.6 °C	31	18
June	28.5 °C	22.1 °C	24.2 °C	32.3 °C	19.7 °C	29	3
July	27.5 °C	21.5 °C	23.4 °C	31.0 °C	18.9 °C	28	1
August	27.4 °C	21.3 °C	23.3 °C	31.7 °C	18.8 °C	28	1
September	28.1 °C	21.5 °C	23.7 °C	31.9 °C	20.3 °C	28	3
October	29.1 °C	21.9 °C	24.3 °C	32.4 °C	20.0 °C	30	8
November	30.8 °C	22.3 °C	25.4 °C	34.2 °C	17.2 °C	30	21
December	32.4 °C	21.3 °C	25.9 °C	36.4 °C	15.8 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	12 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	58 %	11 km/h
February	28 mm	6	12 h/day	63 %	66 %	12 km/h
March	74 mm	16	12 h/day	80 %	77 %	13 km/h
April	120 mm	20	12 h/day	85 %	83 %	12 km/h
May	174 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	11 km/h
June	216 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	88 %	11 km/h
July	215 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	88 %	11 km/h
August	216 mm	26	12 h/day	91 %	87 %	12 km/h
September	227 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	88 %	10 km/h
October	170 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	9.2 km/h
November	44 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	9.7 km/h
December	8 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	67 %	10 km/h

How Owo 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
Owo	34 °C	21 °C	1,506 mm	356
Ise-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	355
Ikare · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,366 mm	356
Akure · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,546 mm	353
Ado-Ekiti · Nigeria	34 °C	21 °C	1,342 mm	351
Okene · Nigeria	35 °C	21 °C	1,136 mm	359
Ondo · Nigeria	33 °C	21 °C	1,902 mm	353

Where Owo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	46th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	48th of 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Owo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Owo?

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 Owo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 196 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 January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Owo?

September, averaging 227 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,506 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 Owo 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: 7.196°, 5.587° (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.