Climate averages 1991–2020
Ile-Ife 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 Ile-Ife: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th 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 Gbongan (23 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Ile-Ife, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ile-Ife ranks joint 106th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 87th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ile-Ife is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 204 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
Ile-Ife climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 15.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 103 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 204 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 193 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 218 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 165 | 25.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.4 | 2.5 | 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
- Gbongan in MayNigeria · 23 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 153 mm rain
- Ilesa in MayNigeria · 26 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 157 mm rain
- Ede in MayNigeria · 31 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Osogbo in MayNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Modakeke in MayNigeria · 35 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Ilobu in MayNigeria · 40 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Ikire in MayNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Efon-Alaaye in MayNigeria · 44 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 166 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 Ile-Ife) is explained once on the Ile-Ife year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.