Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilesa 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 Ilesa: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Efon-Alaaye (20 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ilesa, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilesa ranks joint 110th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 76th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Ilesa is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 157 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
Ilesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 79 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 104 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 157 | 23.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 199 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 188 | 26.7 | 12.513 h |
| August | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 190 | 25.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 228 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 199 | 25.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 48 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 8.1 | 2.0 | 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
- Efon-Alaaye in AprilNigeria · 20 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Ile-Ife in AprilNigeria · 26 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Osogbo in AprilNigeria · 26 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in AprilNigeria · 29 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Ikirun in AprilNigeria · 33 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Aramoko-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 34 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Ede in AprilNigeria · 36 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Ilobu in AprilNigeria · 37 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 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 Ilesa) is explained once on the Ilesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.