Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ilorin: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ilorin, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks joint 33rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and 31st of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Ilorin is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 5.2 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Offa in OctoberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in OctoberNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Oyan in OctoberNigeria · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Ikirun in OctoberNigeria · 66 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 220 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in OctoberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Ejigbo in OctoberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Ilobu in OctoberNigeria · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Inisa in OctoberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 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.