Climate averages 1991–2020
Akure weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Akure: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 237 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (18 km away). In September its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Akure, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Akure ranks joint 114th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 90th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Akure is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 237 mm to 186 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 27.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 217 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Idanre in SeptemberNigeria · 18 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in SeptemberNigeria · 28 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in SeptemberNigeria · 31 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in SeptemberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in SeptemberNigeria · 36 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in SeptemberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 213 mm rain
- Ondo in SeptemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Owo in SeptemberNigeria · 44 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 228 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.