Climate averages 1991–2020
Akure weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Akure: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (18 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Akure, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Akure ranks joint 107th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 83rd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Akure is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 217 mm to 237 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Idanre in AugustNigeria · 18 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 236 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 28 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 190 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in AugustNigeria · 31 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 197 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 35 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 36 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 41 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Ondo in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Owo in AugustNigeria · 44 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 219 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.