Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaduna 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 Kaduna: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaria (72 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kaduna, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks 38th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 34th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Kaduna is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 116 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
Kaduna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 116 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 170 | 24.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 254 | 27.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 89 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 72 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 112 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 125 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Minna in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 142 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 146 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 152 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 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 Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.