Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia 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 Lafia: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Lafia, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks 36th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Lafia is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 140 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°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
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 81 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Makurdi in MayNigeria · 85 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 125 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 128 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Gboko in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Kuje in MayNigeria · 148 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Wukari in MayNigeria · 155 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 105 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.