Climate averages 1991–2020
Eha Amufu weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th 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 Eha Amufu: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Effium (33 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Eha Amufu, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Eha Amufu ranks joint 41st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 70th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Eha Amufu is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 215 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
Eha Amufu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 37 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 95 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 160 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 215 | 24.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 215 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 229 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 245 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 26 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 11.712 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
- Effium in MayNigeria · 33 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Enugu in MayNigeria · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Isieke in MayNigeria · 43 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Nsukka in MayNigeria · 46 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Aku in MayNigeria · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MayNigeria · 54 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Afikpo in MayNigeria · 87 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Awka in MayNigeria · 91 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 184 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 Eha Amufu) is explained once on the Eha Amufu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.