Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilesa weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ilesa: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 10th 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 Efon-Alaaye (20 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ilesa, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilesa ranks joint 116th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 95th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ilesa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 48 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Efon-Alaaye in OctoberNigeria · 20 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 209 mm rain
- Ile-Ife in OctoberNigeria · 26 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Osogbo in OctoberNigeria · 26 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in OctoberNigeria · 29 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 209 mm rain
- Ikirun in OctoberNigeria · 33 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 220 mm rain
- Aramoko-Ekiti in OctoberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Ede in OctoberNigeria · 36 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Ilobu in OctoberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 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.