Climate averages 1991–2020
Akure weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Akure: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (18 km away). In July its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Akure, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Akure ranks joint 115th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 99th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Akure is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 217 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Idanre in JulyNigeria · 18 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 255 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in JulyNigeria · 28 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in JulyNigeria · 31 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in JulyNigeria · 35 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in JulyNigeria · 36 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in JulyNigeria · 41 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Ondo in JulyNigeria · 43 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 268 mm rain
- Owo in JulyNigeria · 44 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 222 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.