Climate averages 1991–2020
Saki weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 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 Saki: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igboho (44 km away). In January its highs average 34.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Saki, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Saki ranks joint 65th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 48th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Saki is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.9 mm to 7.5 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
Saki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 7.5 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 135 | 20.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 145 | 21.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 24.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 198 | 25.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 194 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.612 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
- Igboho in JanuaryNigeria · 44 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kisi in JanuaryNigeria · 68 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Iseyin in JanuaryNigeria · 81 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Oyo in JanuaryNigeria · 108 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in JanuaryNigeria · 110 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Parakou in JanuaryBenin · 112 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Fiditi in JanuaryNigeria · 121 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in JanuaryNigeria · 124 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.0°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 Saki) is explained once on the Saki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.