Climate averages 1991–2020
Malumfashi weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Malumfashi: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (45 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Malumfashi, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Malumfashi ranks 20th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Malumfashi is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 87 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
Malumfashi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 35.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 226 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 144 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 45 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Zaria in MayNigeria · 76 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 100 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 112 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 134 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 142 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 187 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Maradi in MayNiger · 198 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 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 Malumfashi) is explained once on the Malumfashi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.