Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele 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 Sapele: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 276 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 323 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 131st of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Sapele is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 276 mm to 310 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 11.812 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
- Warri in MayNigeria · 43 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Benin City in MayNigeria · 50 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Ughelli in MayNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 315 mm rain
- Uromi in MayNigeria · 115 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Atani in MayNigeria · 119 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Asaba in MayNigeria · 121 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Onitsha in MayNigeria · 126 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Yenagoa in MayNigeria · 126 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 305 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.