Climate averages 1991–2020
Ile-Ife 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.
August is a warm month in Ile-Ife: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gbongan (23 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Ile-Ife, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ile-Ife ranks joint 93rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 43rd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Ile-Ife is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 218 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gbongan in AugustNigeria · 23 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 181 mm rain
- Ilesa in AugustNigeria · 26 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Ede in AugustNigeria · 31 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Osogbo in AugustNigeria · 32 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Modakeke in AugustNigeria · 35 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Ilobu in AugustNigeria · 40 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Ikire in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 205 mm rain
- Efon-Alaaye in AugustNigeria · 44 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 204 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.