Climate averages 1991–2020

Sapele weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 22.5°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 299 mm 30 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sapele · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Sapele: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In July its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 329 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 129th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Sapele is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 270 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sapele climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sapele, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.9°C22.9°C22.9°C4111.011.812 h
February 32.8°C24.1°C24.1°C7216.511.912 h
March 31.6°C24.5°C24.5°C16425.412.112 h
April 30.7°C24.3°C24.3°C22827.212.212 h
May 30.0°C23.7°C23.7°C27629.312.412 h
June 28.5°C23.0°C23.0°C31029.512.512 h
July, selected 27.5°C22.5°C22.5°C29929.712.412 h
August 27.5°C22.4°C22.4°C27028.312.312 h
September 28.1°C22.6°C22.6°C31029.412.212 h
October 29.0°C22.7°C22.7°C29830.212.012 h
November 30.4°C23.1°C23.1°C12522.111.912 h
December 31.8°C23.1°C23.1°C3911.011.812 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Sapele

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.