Climate averages 1991–2020
Ota weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Ota: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agege (14 km away). In January its highs average 32.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ota, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ota ranks 99th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 128th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Ota is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 49 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
Ota climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 96 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 139 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 218 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 243 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 26.4 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 202 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 202 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 86 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 31 | 9.6 | 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
- Agege in JanuaryNigeria · 14 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ifo in JanuaryNigeria · 15 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Alasia in JanuaryNigeria · 25 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Ajegunle in JanuaryNigeria · 29 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in JanuaryNigeria · 30 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Lagos in JanuaryNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Irewe in JanuaryNigeria · 32 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Lekki in JanuaryNigeria · 38 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 31 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 Ota) is explained once on the Ota year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ifo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.