Shagamu climate

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Shagamu is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (267 mm) and December the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shagamu averages 1,811 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 214,558 · 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 30 mm
Wettest month June 267 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 16 °C

What to expectShagamu through the year

Shagamu 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, 167 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 267 mm against 30 mm in December — 9.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.6 °C	33 mm	52 %
February	32.8 °C	52 mm	61 %
March	31.8 °C	109 mm	73 %
April	30.8 °C	158 mm	79 %
May	29.7 °C	240 mm	84 %
June	28.2 °C	267 mm	84 %
July	27.3 °C	225 mm	85 %
August	27.2 °C	171 mm	84 %
September	27.9 °C	233 mm	85 %
October	28.8 °C	207 mm	81 %
November	30.1 °C	88 mm	60 %
December	31.7 °C	30 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.6 °C	22.8 °C	26.8 °C	36.8 °C	16.2 °C	31	29
February	32.8 °C	24.1 °C	27.6 °C	37.5 °C	17.9 °C	28	27
March	31.8 °C	25.0 °C	27.6 °C	37.4 °C	17.7 °C	31	29
April	30.8 °C	24.8 °C	27.2 °C	35.3 °C	22.4 °C	30	23
May	29.7 °C	24.2 °C	26.3 °C	33.6 °C	21.6 °C	31	12
June	28.2 °C	23.2 °C	25.1 °C	30.7 °C	21.1 °C	30	1
July	27.3 °C	22.6 °C	24.4 °C	33.7 °C	20.8 °C	29	0
August	27.2 °C	22.4 °C	24.2 °C	30.1 °C	19.8 °C	30	0
September	27.9 °C	22.7 °C	24.6 °C	30.9 °C	21.1 °C	29	0
October	28.8 °C	23.0 °C	25.2 °C	31.6 °C	21.4 °C	31	3
November	30.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.2 °C	33.7 °C	19.9 °C	30	15
December	31.7 °C	23.1 °C	26.7 °C	35.4 °C	16.9 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	75 %	12 km/h
February	52 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	79 %	13 km/h
March	109 mm	22	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	13 km/h
April	158 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	12 km/h
May	240 mm	28	12 h/day	84 %	89 %	10 km/h
June	267 mm	29	13 h/day	84 %	90 %	11 km/h
July	225 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	89 %	12 km/h
August	171 mm	24	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	13 km/h
September	233 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	90 %	11 km/h
October	207 mm	28	12 h/day	81 %	90 %	9.4 km/h
November	88 mm	19	12 h/day	60 %	87 %	9.4 km/h
December	30 mm	9	12 h/day	45 %	80 %	10 km/h

How Shagamu 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
Shagamu	33 °C	22 °C	1,811 mm	361
Ijebu Ode · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,910 mm	360
Ebute Ikorodu · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,661 mm	362
Agege · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,497 mm	362
Abeokuta · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,135 mm	363
Lekki · Nigeria	30 °C	24 °C	1,589 mm	362
Ota · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,642 mm	361

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shagamu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shagamu?

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 Shagamu get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 167 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 Shagamu?

June, averaging 267 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is December with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,811 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 Shagamu 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.