Igbeti weather in January

In January, Igbeti sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Igbeti's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igbeti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:07 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
38%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Igbeti is town in northern Oyo State, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Igbeti reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Igbeti

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Igbeti weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°30.511.53.8
Feb36° / 23°51.111.72.6
Mar36° / 24°244.911.92.0
Apr35° / 24°5911.612.22.3
May33° / 24°11318.312.42.8
Jun31° / 23°14521.112.53.3
Jul29° / 22°17324.312.53.5
Aug28° / 22°19723.812.33.7
Sep30° / 22°18523.612.13.3
Oct32° / 22°8214.711.83.7
Nov34° / 22°4111.63.8
Dec34° / 20°10.211.54.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37822
47723
57723
67624
77525
87525
97426
107426
117327
127327
137228
147228
157228
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277129
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307327
317327

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Igbeti gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1799840
2798850
3798850
4788860
5788860
6787870
7787870
8767980
9767980
10757990
117471090
1271810101
1370811101
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1568812111
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.57:026:32
211.57:026:32
311.57:026:33
411.57:036:33
511.57:036:34
611.57:046:34
711.57:046:35
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911.57:056:36
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Igbeti

In seasonPeak

In January, Igbeti sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Igbeti's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Igbeti sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Igbeti?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Igbeti. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Igbeti in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Igbeti sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Igbeti in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Igbeti peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Igbeti in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Igbeti is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 8106 µg/m³Jul 2025 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan105Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May35Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct49Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Igbeti?

Igbeti sits at 8.7°N, 4.1°E, 371 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Igboho, 42 km away.

Bode SaaduSakiJebbaOffa

Topography around Igbeti

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Igbeti.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igbeti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m around an average of 390 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m.

The land around Igbeti is covered by shrubs (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%), trees (21%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
198 m
16 km
257 m
80 km
472 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Igboho 42 km · Kisi 48 km · Ilorin 53 km · Ogbomoso 69 km · Bode Saadu 75 km · Saki 82 km · Jebba 87 km · Offa 93 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Igbeti (8.7492°, 4.1311°, elevation 371 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).