Climate averages 1991–2020
Akure weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Akure: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (18 km away). In January its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Akure, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Akure ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 103rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Akure is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Idanre in JanuaryNigeria · 18 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 28 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in JanuaryNigeria · 31 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 35 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 36 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 41 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Ondo in JanuaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Owo in JanuaryNigeria · 44 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 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.