Climate averages 1991–2020

Ode weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 22.3°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 173 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Ode: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th 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 Ikare (30 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Ode, with 161 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ode ranks joint 70th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 88th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ode is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 219 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ode climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ode, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	33.4°C20.2°C	20.2°C	8.9	1.7	11.712 h
February	34.2°C21.6°C	21.6°C	19	4.3	11.912 h
March	33.8°C22.7°C	22.7°C	62	11.0	12.112 h
April	32.1°C22.7°C	22.7°C	106	17.0	12.312 h
May, selected	30.3°C22.3°C	22.3°C	173	23.1	12.512 h
June	28.5°C21.4°C	21.4°C	219	25.3	12.613 h
July	27.3°C20.7°C	20.7°C	222	27.5	12.513 h
August	27.0°C20.5°C	20.5°C	231	25.5	12.412 h
September	28.0°C20.8°C	20.8°C	250	27.2	12.212 h
October	29.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	189	24.6	12.012 h
November	31.1°C21.3°C	21.3°C	32	6.6	11.812 h
December	32.7°C20.3°C	20.3°C	4.5	1.2	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

Distance from Ode

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ode) is explained once on the Ode year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.