Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikare 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 Ikare: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ode (30 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Ikare, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikare ranks joint 70th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 71st of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ikare is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 202 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
Ikare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 21 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 62 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 102 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 161 | 22.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 202 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 203 | 27.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 211 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 221 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 34 | 7.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.2 | 1.5 | 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
- Ode in MayNigeria · 30 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 34 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 37 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Owo in MayNigeria · 41 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 182 mm rain
- Okene in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 58 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 60 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Akure in MayNigeria · 69 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 188 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 Ikare) is explained once on the Ikare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.