Climate averages 1991–2020

Jega weather
in May.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 38.2°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 27.3°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 34 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a very hot month in Jega: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In May its highs average 39.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Jega, with 27 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks 9th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Jega is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jega climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jega, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	33.2°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
February	36.2°C21.0°C	21.0°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March	39.3°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.3°C26.6°C	26.6°C	5.9	1.3	12.412 h
May, selected	38.2°C27.3°C	27.3°C	34	6.4	12.713 h
June	35.3°C25.9°C	25.9°C	57	9.5	12.813 h
July	31.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	113	16.5	12.813 h
August	30.0°C23.3°C	23.3°C	216	21.0	12.513 h
September	31.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	96	11.8	12.212 h
October	34.7°C23.8°C	23.8°C	20	4.2	11.912 h
November	35.9°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
December	33.8°C19.5°C	19.5°C	0	0.0	11.411 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

Distance from Jega

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.