Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko 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 Gboko: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In May its highs average 32.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gboko, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 44th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 38th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Gboko is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 114 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 15.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 192 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 191 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Makurdi in MayNigeria · 70 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Wukari in MayNigeria · 105 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Effium in MayNigeria · 129 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MayNigeria · 148 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Isieke in MayNigeria · 149 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Ikom in MayNigeria · 154 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 282 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in MayNigeria · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 160 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 Gboko) is explained once on the Gboko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.