Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilesa weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Ilesa: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Efon-Alaaye (20 km away). In February its highs average 33.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ilesa, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilesa ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 100th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ilesa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Efon-Alaaye in FebruaryNigeria · 20 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Ile-Ife in FebruaryNigeria · 26 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Osogbo in FebruaryNigeria · 26 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in FebruaryNigeria · 29 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ikirun in FebruaryNigeria · 33 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Aramoko-Ekiti in FebruaryNigeria · 34 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Ede in FebruaryNigeria · 36 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ilobu in FebruaryNigeria · 37 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 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.