Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Minna: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Minna, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks 31st of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 30th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Minna is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 128 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 33.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 128 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 211 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 279 | 27.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 253 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 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 · 84 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Suleja in MayNigeria · 84 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Kuje in MayNigeria · 111 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Abuja in MayNigeria · 121 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Kontagora in MayNigeria · 147 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Lafiagi in MayNigeria · 150 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Keffi in MayNigeria · 169 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 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 Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.