Climate averages 1991–2020
Offa weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Offa: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oyan (12 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Offa, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Offa ranks joint 107th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 20th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Offa is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Offa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 10 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 34 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 74 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 125 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 157 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 211 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 148 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Oyan in AugustNigeria · 12 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in AugustNigeria · 25 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 223 mm rain
- Ikirun in AugustNigeria · 27 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Ilobu in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Ilorin in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Osogbo in AugustNigeria · 46 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Ipoti in AugustNigeria · 50 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 204 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 Offa) is explained once on the Offa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.