Climate averages 1991–2020
Aba weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Aba: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 291 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Aba, with 260 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 112th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 135th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Aba is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 291 mm to 329 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
Aba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 38 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 68 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 165 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 242 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 291 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 329 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 326 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 288 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 345 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 341 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 44 | 11.1 | 11.812 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
- Ikot Ekpene in MayNigeria · 39 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Umuahia in MayNigeria · 49 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 233 mm rain
- Okrika in MayNigeria · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in MayNigeria · 54 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 281 mm rain
- Owerri in MayNigeria · 56 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 264 mm rain
- Bende in MayNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Uyo in MayNigeria · 63 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 317 mm rain
- Buguma in MayNigeria · 69 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 292 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 Aba) is explained once on the Aba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.