Climate guideThirty-year normals for Offa
Offa climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,549 mm186 wet days a year
8.15° N, 4.72° EElevation 419 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goOffa · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Offa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 34° and nights 21°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,549 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (223 mm, 28 wet days) and January the driest (10 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in January to 62% in July.
Compared with Abuja, the capital, Offa is 0.6° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · February
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 39 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 33° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 32° | 33° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 20 mm | 77 mm | 131 mm | 183 mm | 223 mm | 202 mm | 173 mm | 278 mm | 210 mm | 27 mm | 15 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 3 | 8.8 | 17.8 | 23.7 | 27.8 | 24.5 | 22.2 | 26.8 | 23.3 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 31% | 48% | 56% | 59% | 56% | 62% | 62% | 59% | 54% | 36% | 25% |
| Daylight | 11h 42 | 11h 52 | 12h 04 | 12h 18 | 12h 30 | 12h 36 | 12h 33 | 12h 23 | 12h 10 | 11h 57 | 11h 45 | 11h 39 |
| Month score | 62 | 53 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 58 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Offa in every month
January62
33° / 20°
10 mm · 1.3 wet day
February53
34° / 21°
20 mm · 3 wet days
March34
34° / 23°
77 mm · 8.8 wet days
April24
33° / 23°
131 mm · 17.8 wet days
May31
31° / 23°
183 mm · 23.7 wet days
June40
29° / 22°
223 mm · 27.8 wet days
July44
27° / 21°
202 mm · 24.5 wet days
August45
27° / 21°
173 mm · 22.2 wet days
September42
28° / 21°
278 mm · 26.8 wet days
October39
29° / 21°
210 mm · 23.3 wet days
November58
32° / 21°
27 mm · 5 wet days
December64
33° / 20°
15 mm · 1.5 wet days