Climate averages 1991–2020
Abeokuta weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Abeokuta: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igbo-Ora (32 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Abeokuta, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abeokuta ranks joint 54th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 65th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Abeokuta is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 175 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
Abeokuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 27 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 60 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 92 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 149 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 175 | 25.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 32 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.712 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
- Igbo-Ora in MayNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Ifo in MayNigeria · 41 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 218 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in MayNigeria · 46 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Shagamu in MayNigeria · 48 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 247 mm rain
- Ota in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Agege in MayNigeria · 60 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in MayNigeria · 64 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Ibadan in MayNigeria · 67 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 164 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 Abeokuta) is explained once on the Abeokuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.