Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Ilorin: daytime highs average 36.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In February its highs average 34.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Ilorin, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks 12th of 143 for the warmest February highs and 42nd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ilorin is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 22 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Offa in FebruaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in FebruaryNigeria · 52 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Oyan in FebruaryNigeria · 55 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ikirun in FebruaryNigeria · 66 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in FebruaryNigeria · 67 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Ejigbo in FebruaryNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Ilobu in FebruaryNigeria · 73 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Inisa in FebruaryNigeria · 76 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 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.