Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bida: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Lafiagi (70 km away). In May its highs average 35.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bida, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks 24th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Bida is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 120 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
Bida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 34.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 238 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 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
- Lafiagi in MayNigeria · 70 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Minna in MayNigeria · 84 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 129 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Kuje in MayNigeria · 136 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Ode in MayNigeria · 147 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Kontagora in MayNigeria · 159 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 163 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Ipoti in MayNigeria · 169 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 166 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 Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.