Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ilorin: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In April its highs average 32.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Ilorin, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 39th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Ilorin is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 87 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
Ilorin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 36.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 50 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 87 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 115 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 152 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 157 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 78 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Offa in AprilNigeria · 43 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in AprilNigeria · 52 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Oyan in AprilNigeria · 55 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Ikirun in AprilNigeria · 66 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in AprilNigeria · 67 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Ejigbo in AprilNigeria · 71 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Ilobu in AprilNigeria · 73 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Inisa in AprilNigeria · 76 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 76 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 Ilorin) is explained once on the Ilorin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.