Climate averages 1991–2020
Offa weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Offa: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oyan (12 km away). In February its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Offa, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Offa ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 49th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Offa is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 34 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Oyan in FebruaryNigeria · 12 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in FebruaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Ikirun in FebruaryNigeria · 27 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in FebruaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ilobu in FebruaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Ilorin in FebruaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Osogbo in FebruaryNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ipoti in FebruaryNigeria · 50 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 29 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.