Climate averages 1991–2020
Numan weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Numan: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th 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 Jimeta (51 km away). In May its highs average 36.9°C, about as warm as Numan, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Numan ranks joint 17th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Numan is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 40 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
Numan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 71 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 136 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 28 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 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
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 51 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Yola in MayNigeria · 57 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Jalingo in MayNigeria · 97 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 129 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Pindiga in MayNigeria · 132 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 162 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 216 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Daura in MayNigeria · 242 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.2°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 Numan) is explained once on the Numan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.