Climate averages 1991–2020
Guider weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Guider: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mubi (83 km away). In May its highs average 34.1°C, 2.7°C cooler than Guider, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Guider ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Guider is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Guider climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 49 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 122 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 174 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 114 | 19.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 42 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 83 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Maroua in MayCameroon · 84 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Pala in MayChad · 123 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 179 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Bama in MayNigeria · 179 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Yola in MayNigeria · 180 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 206 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Kelo in MayChad · 215 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 66 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Guider) is explained once on the Guider year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.