Climate averages 1991–2020
Okene 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 Okene: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°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 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikare (53 km away). In January its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Okene, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okene ranks joint 69th 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; Okene is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 12 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
Okene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ikare in JanuaryNigeria · 53 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Ode in JanuaryNigeria · 64 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Owo in JanuaryNigeria · 82 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 87 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 90 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Uromi in JanuaryNigeria · 95 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 111 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in JanuaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 10 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.