Ilesa weather in September

In September, Ilesa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 228 mm of rain across 26.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in September, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Ilesa's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilesa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 228 mm; 26.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Ilesa is town in Nigeria.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical September day in Ilesa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°C warmer than August and about 1°C cooler than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
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21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21

How September really feels in Ilesa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ilesa weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 21°	14	2.9	11.6	3.9
Feb	34° / 22°	30	5.6	11.7	3.2
Mar	33° / 23°	79	15.4	11.9	3.0
Apr	31° / 23°	104	18.2	12.2	3.3
May	30° / 23°	157	23.3	12.3	3.3
Jun	28° / 22°	199	26.2	12.4	3.5
Jul	27° / 21°	188	26.7	12.4	3.8
Aug	27° / 21°	190	25.1	12.3	4.0
Sep	28° / 21°	228	26.7	12	3.5
Oct	29° / 22°	199	25.9	11.8	3.4
Nov	31° / 22°	48	8.6	11.7	4.4
Dec	33° / 21°	8	2	11.6	4.5

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
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25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Ilesa gets around 228 mm of rain over 26.7 wet days in September, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the oppressive band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Muggy (%)	30	29	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7
Oppressive (%)	70	71	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	7	93
30	7	93

Wind in September

Winds average 7 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:36	6:45
2	12.1	6:36	6:45
3	12.1	6:36	6:44
4	12.1	6:36	6:44
5	12.1	6:36	6:43
6	12.1	6:36	6:42
7	12.1	6:36	6:42
8	12.1	6:35	6:41
9	12.1	6:35	6:41
10	12.1	6:35	6:40
11	12.1	6:35	6:40
12	12.1	6:35	6:39
13	12.1	6:35	6:38
14	12.1	6:34	6:38
15	12.0	6:34	6:37
16	12.0	6:34	6:37
17	12.0	6:34	6:36
18	12.0	6:34	6:35
19	12.0	6:34	6:35
20	12.0	6:33	6:34
21	12.0	6:33	6:34
22	12.0	6:33	6:33
23	12.0	6:33	6:33
24	12.0	6:33	6:32
25	12.0	6:33	6:31
26	12.0	6:33	6:31
27	12.0	6:32	6:30
28	12.0	6:32	6:30
29	11.9	6:32	6:29
30	11.9	6:32	6:29

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 3.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	4.0	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Ilesa

In seasonPeak

In September, Ilesa sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ilesa's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ilesa sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Ilesa?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ilesa.

What to pack for Ilesa in September

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

In September, Ilesa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ilesa in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilesa peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ilesa in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ilesa is worst in January — around 170 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (July, 45 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	170	158	86	72	58	52	45	46	58	78	100	157
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	170	Very unhealthy
Feb	158	Very unhealthy
Mar	86	Unhealthy
Apr	72	Unhealthy
May	58	Unhealthy
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	58	Unhealthy
Oct	78	Unhealthy
Nov	100	Unhealthy
Dec	157	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ilesa?

Ilesa sits at 7.6°N, 4.7°E, 377 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ijebu-Jesa, 10 km away.

Topography around Ilesa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilesa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 382 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 826 m.

The land around Ilesa is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

416 m

trees 88%

80 km

826 m

trees 78%

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← August Ilesa year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Ijebu-Jesa 10 km · Efon-Alaaye 20 km · Ile-Ife 26 km · Osogbo 26 km · Oke Mesi 29 km · Ikirun 33 km · Aramoko-Ekiti 34 km · Ede 36 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

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 Ilesa (7.6279°, 4.7416°, elevation 377 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	7	93
30	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	7	93
30	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	7	93
30	7	93