Climate averages 1991–2020
Igbo-Ora weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Igbo-Ora: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orita-Eruwa (22 km away). In April its highs average 33.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Igbo-Ora, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igbo-Ora ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 61st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Igbo-Ora is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Igbo-Ora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.5 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 173 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 161 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 111 | 19.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 21 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Orita-Eruwa in AprilNigeria · 22 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Abeokuta in AprilNigeria · 32 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Ibadan in AprilNigeria · 68 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Iseyin in AprilNigeria · 69 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Ifo in AprilNigeria · 70 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Fiditi in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Shagamu in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 164 mm rain
- Ota in AprilNigeria · 83 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 139 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 Igbo-Ora) is explained once on the Igbo-Ora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.