Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately 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 very hot month in Kontagora: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately 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 Minna (147 km away). In May its highs average 33.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kontagora, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks joint 26th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Kontagora is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 109 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 34.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 312 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 192 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 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
- Minna in MayNigeria · 147 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Bida in MayNigeria · 159 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Lafiagi in MayNigeria · 172 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 216 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Kisi in MayNigeria · 230 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 231 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Jega in MayNigeria · 235 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ilorin in MayNigeria · 235 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 87 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.