Climate averages 1991–2020
Ile-Ife weather
in April.
A hot, 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 Ile-Ife: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a 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 Gbongan (23 km away). In April its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Ile-Ife, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ile-Ife ranks joint 98th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 75th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Ile-Ife is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 168 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
Ile-Ife climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 15.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 103 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 204 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 193 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 218 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 165 | 25.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.4 | 2.5 | 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
- Gbongan in AprilNigeria · 23 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Ilesa in AprilNigeria · 26 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Ede in AprilNigeria · 31 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Osogbo in AprilNigeria · 32 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Modakeke in AprilNigeria · 35 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Ilobu in AprilNigeria · 40 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Ikire in AprilNigeria · 43 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Efon-Alaaye in AprilNigeria · 44 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 113 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 Ile-Ife) is explained once on the Ile-Ife year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.