Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 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 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malumfashi (100 km away). In May its highs average 35.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kano, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 15th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Kano is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 72 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
Kano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 37.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 164 | 21.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 241 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°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
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 100 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 131 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Chakwama in MayNigeria · 134 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 148 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Hadejia in MayNigeria · 173 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 180 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Azare in MayNigeria · 186 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 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 Kano) is explained once on the Kano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.