Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Ilorin: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In January its highs average 33.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ilorin, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks joint 11th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 45th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Ilorin is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Offa in JanuaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in JanuaryNigeria · 52 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Oyan in JanuaryNigeria · 55 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Ikirun in JanuaryNigeria · 66 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in JanuaryNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Ejigbo in JanuaryNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ilobu in JanuaryNigeria · 73 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Inisa in JanuaryNigeria · 76 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 8.8 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.