Climate averages 1991–2020

Idanre 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.

Average high 26.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 236 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Idanre · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Idanre: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 28 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 Akure (18 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Idanre, with 217 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Idanre ranks joint 121st of 143 for the warmest August highs and 101st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Idanre is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 271 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Idanre climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Idanre, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 33.0°C21.7°C21.7°C216.311.812 h
February 33.2°C22.8°C22.8°C4411.711.912 h
March 31.8°C23.6°C23.6°C10922.412.112 h
April 30.3°C23.4°C23.4°C16824.412.312 h
May 29.1°C22.9°C22.9°C22927.912.412 h
June 27.7°C22.1°C22.1°C25928.712.513 h
July 26.8°C21.4°C21.4°C25529.512.512 h
August, selected 26.7°C21.2°C21.2°C23627.812.412 h
September 27.4°C21.6°C21.6°C27128.912.212 h
October 28.4°C21.9°C21.9°C20828.112.012 h
November 29.9°C22.4°C22.4°C6716.111.812 h
December 31.6°C21.8°C21.8°C185.811.712 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

Distance from Idanre

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Idanre) is explained once on the Idanre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.