Climate averages 1991–2020
Katsina 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 Katsina: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In May its highs average 39.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Katsina, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks joint 10th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Katsina is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 41 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
Katsina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 32.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 18 | 4.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 41 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 173 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 79 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°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
- Maradi in MayNiger · 78 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 134 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 137 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 148 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 166 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Zinder in MayNiger · 175 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 209 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Sokoto in MayNigeria · 256 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.8°C · 21 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 Katsina) is explained once on the Katsina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.