Climate averages 1991–2020
Okene weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Okene: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikare (53 km away). In April its highs average 32.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Okene, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okene ranks 55th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 52nd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Okene is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 135 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Okene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 135 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 180 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 199 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 124 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Ikare in AprilNigeria · 53 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Ode in AprilNigeria · 64 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Owo in AprilNigeria · 82 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 87 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 90 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Uromi in AprilNigeria · 95 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 111 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in AprilNigeria · 112 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 106 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 Okene) is explained once on the Okene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.