Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikire weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ikire: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Modakeke (8 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Ikire, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikire ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 90th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ikire is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Ikire climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 20 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 84 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 143 | 23.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 209 | 27.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 232 | 28.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 232 | 28.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 205 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 239 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 187 | 26.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 53 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 4.6 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Modakeke in OctoberNigeria · 8 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Lalupon in OctoberNigeria · 17 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Gbongan in OctoberNigeria · 22 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Iwo in OctoberNigeria · 30 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Ibadan in OctoberNigeria · 31 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 148 mm rain
- Ile-Ife in OctoberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Fiditi in OctoberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Ijebu-Igbo in OctoberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 213 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 Ikire) is explained once on the Ikire year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.