Weather in Kwara

Calculated from weather data of Ilorin International Airport (DNIL) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.8	33.3	34.2	32.7	34.0	31.3
February	34.0	34.7	35.2	34.7	34.7	33.8
March	34.7	36.8	34.7	36.5	34.6	33.8
April	32.8		33.0	33.2	33.0	33.0
May	31.0		32.2	31.1	32.2	23.5
June	29.1		30.3	30.1	30.1	28.3
July	28.6		30.3	29.3	28.8	27.0
August	27.8		28.6	27.8	28.5	26.8
September	28.2		28.6	28.6	29.3	27.1
October	29.8		28.3	30.6	31.1	29.8
November	32.6		32.5	34.0	31.3	33.7
December	32.3		30.3	34.3	32.3	34.2
Average	31.2	35.0	31.6	31.9	31.7	30.9

10th highest temperature of Nigeria

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	22.3	24	20	21	23	21
February	24.7	28	23	24	24	24
March	25.9	29	23	25	25	26
April	24.3		24	22	25	25
May	24.2		23	23	24	24
June	23.6		23	22	23	24
July	23.3		23	22	23	24
August	22.7		23	21	22	24
September	23.2		24	22	23	23
October	23.4		25	22	24	23
November	24.1		25	22	24	24
December	22.4		24	21	21	23
Average	24.5	27.0	23.1	22.1	23.3	23.6

6th lowest temperature of Nigeria

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	62	229	221	233	170
25 °C or warmer	68	316	331	344	266
20 °C or warmer	68	337	338	355	300
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	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.2		1	1	0	0
May	0.4		0	1	0	0
June	1.2		2	1	0	0
July	1.2		2	0	1	2
August	2.8		3	3	4	0
September	1.8		0	4	2	0
October	1.8		6	2	0	1
November	0.1		0	1	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.5		0.9	1.2	0.6	0.2

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	8.3	8	8	10	8	9
February	7.9	9	9	8	5	9
March	11.3	13	12	11	10	11
April	12.7		12	14	11	14
May	11.6		11	12	12	19
June	11.5		13	11	9	11
July	12.2		11	13	13	13
August	11.6		12	12	9	13
September	9.2		9	10	9	7
October	7.8		8	7	9	8
November	8.9		9	8	8	10
December	7.8		8	8	8	8
Average	10.0	10.3	10.5	10.3	9.5	9.9

11th highest wind speed of Nigeria

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	NE	N	N	N	N
February	NW	NE	NE	N	N
March	S	S	S	S	S
April		S	S	W	S
May		S	S	N	N
June		SW	S	S	S
July		S	SW	S	SW
August		S	SW	SW	S
September		S	SW	S	S
October		S	S	S	SW
November		S	NE	S	NE
December		N	NE	N	W

Prevailing wind direction

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

Kwara weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Kwara?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 35 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Kwara?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Kwara?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in August with a probability of around 2.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Kwara?

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