Climate averages 1991–2020
Funtua weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Funtua: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet 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 Malumfashi (45 km away). In May its highs average 35.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Funtua, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Funtua ranks joint 28th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Funtua is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 108 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
Funtua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 34.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 108 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 245 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 164 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°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
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 45 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 101 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 166 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 187 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Maradi in MayNiger · 221 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 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 Funtua) is explained once on the Funtua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.