Climate averages 1991–2020
Bama weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly 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 Bama: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maiduguri (68 km away). In May its highs average 38.6°C, about as warm as Bama, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bama ranks 7th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Bama is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 41 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
Bama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 4.5 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 24 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 100 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 179 | 21.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Maiduguri in MayNigeria · 68 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Gamboru in MayNigeria · 110 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 27.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Maroua in MayCameroon · 124 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 147 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 mm rain
- N'Djamena in MayChad · 161 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 179 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 192 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Daura in MayNigeria · 249 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 22 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 Bama) is explained once on the Bama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.