Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sapele: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes September a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 331 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 74th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 126th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Sapele is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 310 mm to 298 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September, selected | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 11.812 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
September in nearby cities
- Warri in SeptemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 331 mm rain
- Benin City in SeptemberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 309 mm rain
- Ughelli in SeptemberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 331 mm rain
- Uromi in SeptemberNigeria · 115 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Atani in SeptemberNigeria · 119 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Asaba in SeptemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Onitsha in SeptemberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Yenagoa in SeptemberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 340 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.