The Edo state has a tropical climate characterized by two distinct conditions of wet and dry seasons while April-October is wet with a brief lull in August. The dry season is November-March. The annual rainfall averages 250cm near the coastal area and 150cm in the extreme northern part of the state. Temperatures across the state is relatively high with a very narrow varies in seasonal and diurnal ranges 22-36.Three vegetation belt are discernible from the south to the north, the mangrove swamp forest in the southern part ,the rain forest at the middle while the northern part has the savannah vegetation.
