Climate averages 1991–2020
Igboho weather
in May.
A hot, 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 Igboho: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kisi (29 km away). In May its highs average 33.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Igboho, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igboho ranks 37th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 51st of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Igboho is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 150 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
Igboho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.6 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 30 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 76 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 134 | 20.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 150 | 21.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 182 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 197 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 193 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 99 | 16.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 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
- Kisi in MayNigeria · 29 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Saki in MayNigeria · 44 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Ilorin in MayNigeria · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in MayNigeria · 95 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Iseyin in MayNigeria · 98 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Oyo in MayNigeria · 111 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Ejigbo in MayNigeria · 121 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Fiditi in MayNigeria · 126 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 119 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 Igboho) is explained once on the Igboho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.