Climate averages 1991–2020
Orita-Eruwa weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Orita-Eruwa: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igbo-Ora (22 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Orita-Eruwa, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Orita-Eruwa ranks joint 48th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Orita-Eruwa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 168 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
Orita-Eruwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 10 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 22 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 51 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 86 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 141 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 179 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 176 | 25.4 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 160 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 120 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 25 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 6.9 | 2.0 | 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
- Igbo-Ora in AugustNigeria · 22 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Abeokuta in AugustNigeria · 46 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Iseyin in AugustNigeria · 49 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Ibadan in AugustNigeria · 55 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Fiditi in AugustNigeria · 55 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Oyo in AugustNigeria · 63 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Lalupon in AugustNigeria · 70 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Shagamu in AugustNigeria · 82 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 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 Orita-Eruwa) is explained once on the Orita-Eruwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.