Climate averages 1991–2020
Ondo weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ondo: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idanre (31 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Ondo, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ondo ranks joint 134th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 125th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ondo is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 271 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
Ondo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 24 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 50 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 116 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 180 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 243 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 271 | 29.0 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 268 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 233 | 28.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 276 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 218 | 28.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 76 | 17.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 21 | 6.9 | 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
- Idanre in MayNigeria · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Akure in MayNigeria · 43 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in MayNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Ile-Ife in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Ilesa in MayNigeria · 60 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 157 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 63 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Efon-Alaaye in MayNigeria · 63 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Gbongan in MayNigeria · 68 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 153 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 Ondo) is explained once on the Ondo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.