Climate averages 1991–2020
Okene 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 Okene: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th 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 (53 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Okene, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okene ranks joint 56th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 53rd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Okene is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 180 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
Okene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 135 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 180 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 199 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 124 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 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
- Ikare in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Ode in MayNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Owo in MayNigeria · 82 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 182 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 87 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 90 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Uromi in MayNigeria · 95 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 111 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 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 Okene) is explained once on the Okene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.