Climate averages 1991–2020
Mubi weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Mubi: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (83 km away). In May its highs average 36.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than Mubi, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Mubi ranks 30th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Mubi is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 92 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
Mubi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 16 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 34.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 60 | 12.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 92 | 15.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 152 | 22.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 222 | 26.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 188 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 92 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0 | 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
- Guider in MayCameroon · 83 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Maroua in MayCameroon · 120 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 141 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Yola in MayNigeria · 146 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Bama in MayNigeria · 147 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Numan in MayNigeria · 162 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Maiduguri in MayNigeria · 176 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 22 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 Mubi) is explained once on the Mubi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.