Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Makurdi, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks joint 34th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Makurdi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 122 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 90 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 172 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in MayNigeria · 70 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Lafia in MayNigeria · 85 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Effium in MayNigeria · 133 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Wukari in MayNigeria · 139 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 143 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in MayNigeria · 146 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Nsukka in MayNigeria · 158 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Isieke in MayNigeria · 160 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 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 Makurdi) is explained once on the Makurdi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.