Climate averages 1991–2020
Maradi weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Maradi: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (78 km away). In May its highs average 38.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Maradi, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Maradi ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 40.3°C; Maradi is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 23 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
Maradi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 39.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 78 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 155 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 198 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in MayNiger · 203 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Zinder in MayNiger · 207 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Sokoto in MayNigeria · 207 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 221 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 227 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 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 Maradi) is explained once on the Maradi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.