Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikom weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Ikom: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th 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 Ugep (71 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Ikom, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikom ranks joint 60th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 134th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ikom is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 282 mm to 321 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
Ikom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 99 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 282 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 321 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 296 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 307 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 356 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 359 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 114 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 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
- Ugep in MayNigeria · 71 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MayNigeria · 77 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Afikpo in MayNigeria · 86 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Isieke in MayNigeria · 87 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MayNigeria · 98 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Effium in MayNigeria · 103 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MayNigeria · 106 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Calabar in MayNigeria · 120 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 340 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 Ikom) is explained once on the Ikom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.