Climate averages 1991–2020
Awka 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 Awka: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agulu (13 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Awka, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Awka ranks joint 60th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 94th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Awka is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 212 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
Awka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 125 | 18.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 184 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 188 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 182 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 222 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 217 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 54 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 7.4 | 1.7 | 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
- Agulu in MayNigeria · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in MayNigeria · 22 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 241 mm rain
- Nnewi in MayNigeria · 27 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Nkpor in MayNigeria · 28 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Onitsha in MayNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Asaba in MayNigeria · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Atani in MayNigeria · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Ihiala in MayNigeria · 46 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 239 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 Awka) is explained once on the Awka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.