Climate averages 1991–2020
Ugep weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ugep: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th 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 Afikpo (19 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Ugep, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ugep ranks joint 77th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 106th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ugep is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 199 mm to 238 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
Ugep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 199 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 238 | 27.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 231 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 259 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 242 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 72 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 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
- Afikpo in MayNigeria · 19 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MayNigeria · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MayNigeria · 37 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Bende in MayNigeria · 57 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MayNigeria · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Isieke in MayNigeria · 64 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Ikom in MayNigeria · 71 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 282 mm rain
- Umuahia in MayNigeria · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 233 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 Ugep) is explained once on the Ugep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.