Ijebu-Igbo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 1,842 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ijebu-Igbo?

The hottest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1998, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The coldest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1945, at 14.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ijebu-Igbo?

Almost never: Ijebu-Igbo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ijebu-Igbo warmed?

Yes: Ijebu-Igbo warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The wettest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2016, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The windiest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 19.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ijebu-Igbo?

The warmest month in Ijebu-Igbo is February (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo receives on average 1,842 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 273 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ijebu-Igbo (Nigeria) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 1,842 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Ijebu-Igbo averages 0 frost days, 185 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 273 rainy days per year.

Ijebu-Igbo has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 24 February 1998) and the coldest 14.1 °C (on 5 February 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Ijebu-IgboOgun State

coords: 6.97°, 4.00°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.6°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

22.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,842mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

10.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

185 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

273 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.4 °C

Average feels-like low

27.1 °C

Average peak gust

25.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

353 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.1 °C

24 February 1998

Coldest day

14.1 °C

5 February 1945

Wettest day

124 mm

23 May 2016

Windiest day

19.8 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

5 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

27 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

2 February 1945

Sunniest day

12.0 h

30 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C5 January 2025	18.7 °C11 January 2025	26.8 °C	1,545 mm	240
2024	37.9 °C14 February 2024	19.3 °C20 December 2024	27.4 °C	1,259 mm	248
2023	36.8 °C18 December 2023	17.8 °C1 January 2023	27.0 °C	1,582 mm	265
2022	37.2 °C15 February 2022	16.7 °C31 January 2022	26.5 °C	1,402 mm	233
2021	36.6 °C9 February 2021	19.2 °C22 December 2021	26.8 °C	1,418 mm	249
2020	37.9 °C22 February 2020	16.2 °C26 January 2020	26.7 °C	1,424 mm	227
2019	36.6 °C1 January 2019	17.6 °C30 December 2019	26.6 °C	2,227 mm	215
2018	37.0 °C22 January 2018	15.6 °C6 January 2018	26.3 °C	1,958 mm	225
2017	37.1 °C13 February 2017	18.9 °C4 January 2017	26.5 °C	1,851 mm	230
2016	37.1 °C10 February 2016	17.7 °C31 January 2016	26.7 °C	2,100 mm	239
2015	35.7 °C29 December 2015	15.7 °C15 January 2015	26.3 °C	1,776 mm	222
2014	34.7 °C23 February 2014	19.9 °C25 December 2014	26.1 °C	1,970 mm	208
2013	35.5 °C16 January 2013	16.5 °C20 December 2013	26.2 °C	1,492 mm	205
2012	35.1 °C23 March 2012	15.5 °C15 January 2012	26.0 °C	1,895 mm	211
2011	35.4 °C28 January 2011	15.6 °C1 January 2011	26.2 °C	1,752 mm	225
2010	36.5 °C24 February 2010	18.6 °C31 December 2010	26.7 °C	1,715 mm	242
2009	34.9 °C23 December 2009	17.1 °C24 January 2009	26.2 °C	1,773 mm	215
2008	36.0 °C14 February 2008	16.9 °C25 January 2008	25.9 °C	1,860 mm	214
2007	36.6 °C13 February 2007	15.8 °C13 January 2007	25.9 °C	1,844 mm	202
2006	34.6 °C25 January 2006	18.2 °C30 December 2006	26.2 °C	1,986 mm	214
2005	35.7 °C21 January 2005	14.7 °C13 January 2005	26.1 °C	1,643 mm	209
2004	36.2 °C13 March 2004	17.9 °C6 February 2004	25.9 °C	1,822 mm	192
2003	35.2 °C24 March 2003	16.7 °C9 December 2003	26.0 °C	1,645 mm	202
2002	34.8 °C29 December 2002	16.0 °C28 December 2002	25.7 °C	1,779 mm	195
2001	36.1 °C16 February 2001	17.1 °C16 February 2001	25.9 °C	1,553 mm	196
2000	36.7 °C7 March 2000	17.2 °C16 December 2000	25.9 °C	1,677 mm	201
1999	34.1 °C11 February 1999	18.5 °C10 January 1999	25.6 °C	2,062 mm	188
1998	38.1 °C24 February 1998	17.1 °C21 January 1998	26.4 °C	1,542 mm	226
1997	36.2 °C16 February 1997	18.2 °C14 February 1997	25.7 °C	1,682 mm	180
1996	35.0 °C6 February 1996	20.7 °C20 September 1996	25.7 °C	2,168 mm	180
1995	36.4 °C24 February 1995	16.7 °C27 December 1995	25.9 °C	2,001 mm	196
1994	34.7 °C21 December 1994	15.4 °C22 December 1994	25.6 °C	1,918 mm	180
1993	35.3 °C20 February 1993	15.9 °C22 January 1993	25.7 °C	1,914 mm	192
1992	36.5 °C22 February 1992	16.4 °C11 January 1992	25.5 °C	1,865 mm	177
1991	33.7 °C17 January 1991	17.0 °C16 December 1991	25.5 °C	2,031 mm	165
1990	36.9 °C16 March 1990	19.9 °C28 February 1990	25.7 °C	1,819 mm	186
1989	36.2 °C13 February 1989	16.5 °C6 January 1989	25.5 °C	1,981 mm	199
1988	34.8 °C5 January 1988	18.4 °C27 December 1988	25.7 °C	2,268 mm	178
1987	35.1 °C2 March 1987	19.5 °C24 December 1987	26.1 °C	1,898 mm	228
1986	35.7 °C3 February 1986	16.6 °C21 December 1986	25.3 °C	2,007 mm	182
1985	35.0 °C17 February 1985	17.1 °C19 December 1985	25.4 °C	2,146 mm	171
1984	34.6 °C2 February 1984	16.7 °C14 December 1984	25.6 °C	2,005 mm	197
1983	37.0 °C7 March 1983	15.6 °C19 January 1983	25.8 °C	1,547 mm	192
1982	34.8 °C11 February 1982	17.6 °C10 February 1982	25.5 °C	1,712 mm	180
1981	35.3 °C14 February 1981	19.1 °C28 January 1981	25.6 °C	2,041 mm	201
1980	34.1 °C2 February 1980	16.9 °C21 December 1980	25.6 °C	2,466 mm	181
1979	34.2 °C6 March 1979	16.7 °C12 December 1979	25.6 °C	2,065 mm	184
1978	34.2 °C30 January 1978	17.2 °C12 January 1978	25.3 °C	2,009 mm	169
1977	34.1 °C15 March 1977	16.4 °C28 December 1977	25.5 °C	1,633 mm	182
1976	34.5 °C21 January 1976	16.9 °C2 December 1976	24.9 °C	1,932 mm	125
1975	34.5 °C28 January 1975	15.4 °C1 January 1975	24.9 °C	1,956 mm	162
1974	33.6 °C11 February 1974	14.9 °C30 December 1974	25.1 °C	2,160 mm	161
1973	36.1 °C27 January 1973	18.3 °C28 November 1973	25.8 °C	2,152 mm	202
1972	35.2 °C15 December 1972	19.9 °C14 December 1972	25.5 °C	1,908 mm	195
1971	34.5 °C17 February 1971	15.4 °C20 December 1971	25.1 °C	2,229 mm	181
1970	34.8 °C22 February 1970	17.7 °C5 December 1970	25.5 °C	2,170 mm	205
1969	35.7 °C4 February 1969	19.5 °C1 February 1969	25.5 °C	1,869 mm	187
1968	33.8 °C11 February 1968	15.0 °C19 January 1968	25.0 °C	2,324 mm	132
1967	34.7 °C26 February 1967	15.4 °C2 January 1967	25.1 °C	1,979 mm	134
1966	37.2 °C2 March 1966	15.3 °C5 January 1966	25.5 °C	1,690 mm	185
1965	33.4 °C5 February 1965	20.0 °C7 January 1965	25.1 °C	1,812 mm	172
1964	36.0 °C12 February 1964	14.9 °C13 January 1964	25.3 °C	1,382 mm	173
1963	35.4 °C14 March 1963	17.2 °C11 March 1963	25.3 °C	1,805 mm	173
1962	36.1 °C3 February 1962	14.9 °C9 February 1962	25.0 °C	1,782 mm	145
1961	36.3 °C9 March 1961	14.9 °C12 December 1961	25.2 °C	1,562 mm	184
1960	35.4 °C10 February 1960	15.7 °C3 January 1960	25.1 °C	1,881 mm	162
1959	36.7 °C2 February 1959	17.3 °C3 February 1959	25.2 °C	1,656 mm	158
1958	35.5 °C15 February 1958	16.8 °C18 February 1958	25.1 °C	1,549 mm	140
1957	35.7 °C19 February 1957	14.7 °C13 January 1957	24.6 °C	2,416 mm	113
1956	34.4 °C14 February 1956	17.7 °C10 August 1956	24.6 °C	1,929 mm	108
1955	35.3 °C21 January 1955	17.0 °C28 December 1955	24.9 °C	1,865 mm	163
1954	34.2 °C9 February 1954	17.3 °C24 July 1954	24.7 °C	1,689 mm	128
1953	34.5 °C3 February 1953	16.3 °C4 December 1953	25.1 °C	1,603 mm	149
1952	34.6 °C3 March 1952	15.7 °C4 February 1952	25.0 °C	1,967 mm	156
1951	34.1 °C27 December 1951	19.3 °C19 August 1951	25.0 °C	2,032 mm	162
1950	36.3 °C15 February 1950	16.5 °C12 February 1950	24.8 °C	1,849 mm	160
1949	36.8 °C16 February 1949	17.6 °C11 February 1949	25.1 °C	1,729 mm	152
1948	36.4 °C8 February 1948	16.1 °C4 February 1948	25.2 °C	1,596 mm	159
1947	35.7 °C26 January 1947	15.9 °C21 January 1947	25.1 °C	2,200 mm	155
1946	37.8 °C14 February 1946	15.6 °C1 January 1946	25.1 °C	1,521 mm	161
1945	37.2 °C15 March 1945	14.1 °C5 February 1945	25.2 °C	1,547 mm	197
1944	36.5 °C4 February 1944	15.4 °C1 February 1944	25.1 °C	1,662 mm	182
1943	33.9 °C5 March 1943	16.8 °C17 August 1943	24.5 °C	1,647 mm	125
1942	34.4 °C24 January 1942	18.4 °C17 July 1942	24.8 °C	1,739 mm	137
1941	34.4 °C14 February 1941	19.9 °C27 December 1941	24.9 °C	2,047 mm	131
1940	33.4 °C19 February 1940	18.7 °C4 August 1940	24.9 °C	1,870 mm	131

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

240 d/yr

+55

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1545 mm

-297 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.8 °C	+2.4 °C	11 mm	-20 mm
Feb	34.4 °C	+1.4 °C	49 mm	-10 mm
Mar	33.6 °C	+1.6 °C	85 mm	-41 mm
Apr	32.0 °C	+1.1 °C	107 mm	-78 mm
May	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	224 mm	-19 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+1.2 °C	274 mm	+25 mm
Jul	27.8 °C	+0.5 °C	156 mm	-73 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.3 °C	148 mm	-31 mm
Sep	28.9 °C	+0.9 °C	216 mm	-7 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+0.6 °C	169 mm	-34 mm
Nov	31.6 °C	+1.1 °C	70 mm	-12 mm
Dec	32.4 °C	+0.9 °C	38 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest day

18.7 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

44.1 mm

4 Aug 2025

Windiest day

16.8 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

43.2 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.6 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 1,842 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ijebu-Igbo?

The hottest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1998, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The coldest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1945, at 14.1 °C.

Does it snow in Ijebu-Igbo?

Almost never: Ijebu-Igbo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ijebu-Igbo warmed?

Yes: Ijebu-Igbo warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The wettest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2016, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ijebu-Igbo?

The windiest day measured in Ijebu-Igbo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 19.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ijebu-Igbo?

The warmest month in Ijebu-Igbo is February (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo receives on average 1,842 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 273 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ijebu-Igbo?

Ijebu-Igbo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ijebu-Igbo?

Yes: Ijebu-Igbo has on average 353 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ijebu-Igbo?

In Ijebu-Igbo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 27 March 2024, and the lowest was 10.7 °C on 2 February 1945.

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