Climate averages 1991–2020
Akure weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Akure: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (18 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Akure, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Akure ranks joint 110th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 107th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Akure is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 188 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Akure climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 87 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 132 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 188 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 226 | 27.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 224 | 28.4 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 217 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 237 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 186 | 26.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.7 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Idanre in AprilNigeria · 18 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 28 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in AprilNigeria · 31 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 119 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 36 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 41 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Ondo in AprilNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Owo in AprilNigeria · 44 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Akure) is explained once on the Akure year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.