Climate averages 1991–2020
Owo weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Owo: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Emure-Ekiti (30 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Owo, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Owo ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 93rd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Owo is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 182 mm to 220 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
Owo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 31 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 80 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 125 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 182 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 220 | 27.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 222 | 28.2 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 219 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 228 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 175 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 47 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.9 | 2.9 | 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
- Emure-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 30 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 35 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Ikare in MayNigeria · 41 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Akure in MayNigeria · 44 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 52 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Idanre in MayNigeria · 53 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in MayNigeria · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Igbara-Odo in MayNigeria · 67 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 173 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 Owo) is explained once on the Owo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.