Climate averages 1991–2020
Ogbomoso weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ogbomoso: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejigbo (27 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ogbomoso, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ogbomoso ranks joint 51st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 40th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ogbomoso is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 144 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
Ogbomoso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 38 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 71 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 113 | 17.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 164 | 24.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 167 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 175 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 97 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 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
- Ejigbo in MayNigeria · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Inisa in MayNigeria · 33 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Ilobu in MayNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Oyo in MayNigeria · 46 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Ede in MayNigeria · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Ilorin in MayNigeria · 52 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Offa in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Ikirun in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 164 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 Ogbomoso) is explained once on the Ogbomoso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.