Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Abuja: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Abuja, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks joint 51st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 49th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Abuja is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 195 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
Abuja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 19 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 314 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 285 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 137 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 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
- Kuje in MayNigeria · 35 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 37 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 48 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 116 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Minna in MayNigeria · 121 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 128 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Bida in MayNigeria · 163 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 75 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 Abuja) is explained once on the Abuja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.