Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafanchan 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 Kafanchan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kagoro (11 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Kafanchan, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kafanchan ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 51st of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Kafanchan is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 184 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
Kafanchan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 134 | 20.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 184 | 25.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 253 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 25.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 333 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 105 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 11 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Jos in MayNigeria · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 94 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 95 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 105 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 130 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Kuje in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 138 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 Kafanchan) is explained once on the Kafanchan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.