Climate averages 1991–2020
Birnin Kebbi weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Birnin Kebbi: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 27.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jega (32 km away). In May its highs average 38.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Birnin Kebbi, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Birnin Kebbi ranks 6th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Birnin Kebbi is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 46 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
Birnin Kebbi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 39.1°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 46 | 8.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 187 | 19.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 77 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Jega in MayNigeria · 32 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Dosso in MayNiger · 127 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Sokoto in MayNigeria · 132 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in MayNiger · 188 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Niamey in MayNiger · 255 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 27.9°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Kontagora in MayNigeria · 267 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 270 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Tahoua in MayNiger · 294 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 9.0 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 Birnin Kebbi) is explained once on the Birnin Kebbi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.