Weather in Delta

Calculated from weather data of Akure Airport (DNAK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.2	34.0	31.1	29.8	26.6	30.6
February	32.0		33.5	30.5	30.8	33.2
March	32.2	34.1		30.3	31.3	32.6
April	29.9		28.3	28.1	31.1	30.1
May	29.5		29.5	24.8	30.6	29.6
June	28.0		27.5	22.0	28.3	28.5
July	26.7		27.8	25.6	26.3	26.8
August	26.6		27.0	24.8	26.3	27.3
September	27.0		29.0	25.6	27.6	26.3
October	28.8		28.8	27.0	29.1	29.1
November	31.8		30.3	31.6	32.7	32.1
December	31.5		29.3	32.3	32.6	28.0
Average	30.0	34.1	29.4	28.4	29.4	29.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.1	30	28	21	22	23
February	26.2		28	26	28	25
March	26.3	24		26	27	28
April	25.9		26	25	26	26
May	26.1		30	24	27	26
June	24.8		27	22	24	25
July	23.4		26	24	22	23
August	23.1		24	23	23	23
September	23.9		28	24	25	23
October	24.4		27	26	24	25
November	26.9		28	28	27	28
December	23.3		27	25	23	26
Average	24.7	24.1	26.8	24.4	24.8	24.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	14	26	37	99	100
25 °C or warmer	14	75	67	178	199
20 °C or warmer	15	82	97	222	245
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0		0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0		0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	2.2		0	0	1	4
August	1.7		0	5	6	0
September	2.5		0	0	3	8
October	2.8		0	0	5	0
November	0.3		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.6			0.4	1.2	0.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.4	7	6	8	4	8
February	5.5		8	6	4	5
March	8.8	6		12	11	10
April	9.7		6	9	10	10
May	9.4		8	7	9	10
June	7.1		13	0	7	7
July	8.1		6	8	8	9
August	9.2		8	9	8	11
September	5.6		3	8	7	6
October	5.4		3	2	5	5
November	3.4		3	3	4	6
December	5.2		7	5	7	9
Average	6.6	6.2	6.2	6.8	7.3	8.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	S	E	NE	S	NE
February		N	SE	SW	E
March	SW		SW	SW	SW
April		S	SW	SW	SW
May		SW	SE	SW	SW
June		W	N	SW	SW
July		SW	W	SW	SW
August		W	SW	W	SW
September		SW	SW	SW	SW
October		SW	NW	W	S
November		S	SW	SW	E
December		W	E	E	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Delta weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Delta?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Delta?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 27 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Delta?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in October with a probability of around 2.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Delta?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.0 %.