Climate averages 1991–2020
Hadejia weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Hadejia: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Nguru (65 km away). In May its highs average 40.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Hadejia, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Hadejia ranks 5th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Hadejia is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 29 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
Hadejia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 39.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 29 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 108 | 15.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 192 | 19.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 66 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°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
- Nguru in MayNigeria · 65 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Azare in MayNigeria · 88 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Chakwama in MayNigeria · 108 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Gashua in MayNigeria · 118 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Potiskum in MayNigeria · 140 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 173 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Daura in MayNigeria · 179 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Zinder in MayNiger · 189 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.1 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 Hadejia) is explained once on the Hadejia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.