Climate averages 1991–2020
Offa weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Offa: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oyan (12 km away). In January its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as Offa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Offa ranks joint 72nd of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 53rd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Offa is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 10 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
Offa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Oyan in JanuaryNigeria · 12 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in JanuaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Ikirun in JanuaryNigeria · 27 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in JanuaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Ilobu in JanuaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Ilorin in JanuaryNigeria · 43 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Osogbo in JanuaryNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ipoti in JanuaryNigeria · 50 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 12 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.