Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafiagi weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 6th 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 Lafiagi: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (70 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lafiagi, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafiagi ranks 21st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Lafiagi is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 161 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
Lafiagi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 161 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 217 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.4 | 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
- Bida in MayNigeria · 70 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Ilorin in MayNigeria · 104 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in MayNigeria · 109 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Offa in MayNigeria · 109 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Oyan in MayNigeria · 114 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 164 mm rain
- Ipoti in MayNigeria · 115 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Ijero-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 122 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 166 mm rain
- Ode in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 173 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 Lafiagi) is explained once on the Lafiagi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.