Okuta weather in June

In June, Okuta sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 150 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in June, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Okuta's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okuta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
150 mm
21.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:31 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Okuta is human settlement in Nigeria.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical June day in Okuta reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 2°C warmer than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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223022
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253022
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303022

How June really feels in Okuta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Okuta weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°20.211.54.4
Feb35° / 22°51.111.73.0
Mar36° / 24°214.211.92.2
Apr35° / 24°6411.912.22.4
May33° / 23°12919.912.42.8
Jun31° / 22°15021.112.53.4
Jul29° / 22°1962512.53.5
Aug28° / 22°23826.312.33.4
Sep30° / 22°21524.312.13.2
Oct32° / 22°8814.911.83.5
Nov34° / 21°41.211.63.8
Dec33° / 20°10.111.54.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
42575
52476
62476
72476
82476
92476
102476
112377
122377
132476
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301783

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Okuta gets around 150 mm of rain over 21.1 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
174
274
374
473
573
672
772
871
970
1070
1169
1268
1368
1467
1567
1666
1766
1866
1967
2067
2168
2268
2369
2470
2570
2671
2772
2872
2973
3073

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the oppressive band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13961
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73961
82971
92971
102971
112971
122971
132980
142980
152980
163970
173970
183970
193970
204960
214960
225950
235950
246940
256940
267930
277930
288920
298920
309910

Wind in June

Winds average 8 km/h in June.

Across June, 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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88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:307:00
212.56:307:00
312.56:307:00
412.56:307:00
512.56:307:01
612.56:307:01
712.56:307:01
812.56:307:01
912.56:307:02
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2212.56:337:05
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2712.56:347:06
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 4.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
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74.9Bright
84.9Bright
94.9Bright
104.8Bright
114.8Bright
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134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.7Bright
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214.6Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Okuta

In seasonPeak

In June, Okuta sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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

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

Is June a good time to visit Okuta?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Okuta.

What to pack for Okuta in June

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

In June, Okuta sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Okuta in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Okuta peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 22UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Okuta in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Okuta is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1183 µg/m³Aug 1017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar49Poor
Apr41Poor
May25Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Okuta?

Okuta sits at 9.2°N, 3.2°E, 403 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Parakou, 64 km away.

IgbohoTchaourouNikkiNdali

Topography around Okuta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okuta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m.

The land around Okuta is covered by shrubs (47%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
333 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
June weather nearby: Parakou 64 km · Saki 65 km · Pèrèrè 69 km · Kisi 73 km · Igboho 74 km · Tchaourou 76 km · Nikki 80 km · Ndali 89 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 Okuta (9.2187°, 3.2012°, elevation 403 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).