Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th 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 Calabar: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 340 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Calabar, with 347 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks joint 125th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 142nd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Calabar is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 340 mm to 400 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
Calabar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 71 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 281 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 400 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 422 | 30.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 395 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 194 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 47 | 12.6 | 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
- Esuk Oron in MayNigeria · 19 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 347 mm rain
- Uyo in MayNigeria · 45 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 317 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in MayNigeria · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MayNigeria · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Ugep in MayNigeria · 98 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Bende in MayNigeria · 102 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MayNigeria · 107 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Aba in MayNigeria · 108 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 291 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 Calabar) is explained once on the Calabar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.