Ilorin
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin6: Jamie Tubers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ilorin is a city in Nigeria, in Kwara State. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 8.50° N, 4.54° E, about 320 m (1,050 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ilorin. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ilorin has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,226 mm (48 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NigeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ibadan · 143 km
- Lagos · 259 km
- Benin City · 267 km
- Abuja · 330 km
- Onitsha · 359 km
- Kaduna · 390 km
- Enugu · 397 km
- Zaria · 454 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2337639 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q587085 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin6: Jamie Tubers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kwara state stadium entrance: Major Lyte, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
