Saki climate

Name: Saki
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Saki is warmest in March, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. August is the wettest month (207 mm) and December the driest (1.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Saki averages 1,094 mm of rain and 357 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 178,677 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month August 207 mm
Least cloud December 31 % cloud
Hottest on record March 39 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectSaki through the year

Saki has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 35 °C in March, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 357 days a year reach 25 °C, 245 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 207 mm against 2 mm in December — 118 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.7 °C	3 mm	37 %
February	35.1 °C	8 mm	46 %
March	35.3 °C	31 mm	65 %
April	33.8 °C	76 mm	74 %
May	31.7 °C	128 mm	79 %
June	29.5 °C	143 mm	81 %
July	28.0 °C	186 mm	86 %
August	27.5 °C	207 mm	88 %
September	28.7 °C	199 mm	84 %
October	30.3 °C	102 mm	76 %
November	32.6 °C	9 mm	51 %
December	33.3 °C	2 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.7 °C	19.9 °C	26.2 °C	36.9 °C	15.5 °C	31	31
February	35.1 °C	21.4 °C	27.6 °C	38.6 °C	16.0 °C	28	28
March	35.3 °C	23.1 °C	28.2 °C	38.7 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
April	33.8 °C	23.4 °C	27.4 °C	38.7 °C	20.2 °C	30	29
May	31.7 °C	22.9 °C	26.2 °C	36.6 °C	20.8 °C	31	26
June	29.5 °C	21.9 °C	24.7 °C	34.3 °C	19.4 °C	30	11
July	28.0 °C	21.1 °C	23.6 °C	31.9 °C	18.5 °C	29	2
August	27.5 °C	20.8 °C	23.3 °C	32.1 °C	18.3 °C	28	1
September	28.7 °C	21.1 °C	23.8 °C	32.5 °C	19.4 °C	29	7
October	30.3 °C	21.5 °C	24.8 °C	34.2 °C	18.9 °C	31	19
November	32.6 °C	21.3 °C	26.1 °C	35.4 °C	15.8 °C	30	29
December	33.3 °C	19.9 °C	26.0 °C	35.5 °C	15.1 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	40 %	12 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	46 %	46 %	12 km/h
March	31 mm	6	12 h/day	65 %	60 %	13 km/h
April	76 mm	13	12 h/day	74 %	71 %	14 km/h
May	128 mm	19	13 h/day	79 %	79 %	12 km/h
June	143 mm	21	13 h/day	81 %	83 %	12 km/h
July	186 mm	25	13 h/day	86 %	85 %	12 km/h
August	207 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	11 km/h
September	199 mm	24	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	10 km/h
October	102 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	10.0 km/h
November	9 mm	2	12 h/day	51 %	65 %	10 km/h
December	2 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	46 %	11 km/h

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

Where Saki ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	32nd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	37th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	38th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	39th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	40th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	41st of 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Saki’s climate

When is the best time to visit Saki?

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 Saki get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 245 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Saki?

August, averaging 207 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,094 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 Saki 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: 8.668°, 3.394° (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.