Climate averages 1991–2020
Kagoro weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Kagoro: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very 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 Kafanchan (11 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Kagoro, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kagoro ranks joint 119th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 98th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Kagoro is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 260 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
Kagoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 70 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 189 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 260 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 324 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 396 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 323 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 167 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 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
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 11 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Jos in MayNigeria · 66 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 89 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 102 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 116 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 125 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 146 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 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 Kagoro) is explained once on the Kagoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.