Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Jos: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In May its highs average 32.1°C, 3.0°C warmer than Jos, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks joint 131st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 50th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Jos is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 223 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 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
- Lere in MayNigeria · 62 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 66 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 76 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Bauchi in MayNigeria · 113 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 164 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 165 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 172 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 181 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.