Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalingo weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Jalingo: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately 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 Numan (97 km away). In May its highs average 36.9°C, 2.6°C warmer than Jalingo, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jalingo ranks joint 26th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Jalingo is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 53 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
Jalingo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 34.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 99 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 183 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 48 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 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
- Numan in MayNigeria · 97 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 128 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Yola in MayNigeria · 128 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Pindiga in MayNigeria · 129 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Wukari in MayNigeria · 208 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 212 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Bauchi in MayNigeria · 229 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 259 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 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 Jalingo) is explained once on the Jalingo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.