Climate averages 1991–2020
Lere weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Lere: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 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 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (62 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, 3.0°C cooler than Lere, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lere ranks 39th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Lere is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 148 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
Lere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 32.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 16.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 148 | 22.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 257 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 203 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0.4 | 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
- Jos in MayNigeria · 62 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 89 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 95 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 125 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Bauchi in MayNigeria · 139 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Chakwama in MayNigeria · 177 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 180 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 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 Lere) is explained once on the Lere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.