Climate averages 1991–2020
Igbo-Ukwu weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Igbo-Ukwu: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agulu (10 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Igbo-Ukwu, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igbo-Ukwu ranks joint 140th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 122nd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Igbo-Ukwu is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 241 mm to 267 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
Igbo-Ukwu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 100 | 16.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 267 | 28.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 243 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 232 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 279 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 269 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 3.3 | 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
- Agulu in MayNigeria · 10 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Nnewi in MayNigeria · 11 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Awka in MayNigeria · 22 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Ihiala in MayNigeria · 25 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Nkpor in MayNigeria · 26 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Onitsha in MayNigeria · 30 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Atani in MayNigeria · 30 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Asaba in MayNigeria · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 142 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 Igbo-Ukwu) is explained once on the Igbo-Ukwu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nnewi and Agulu lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.