Climate averages 1991–2020
Ughelli 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 Ughelli: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 315 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 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (28 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Ughelli, with 323 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ughelli ranks joint 81st of 143 for the warmest May highs and 139th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Ughelli is 1.6°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 315 mm to 328 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
Ughelli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 47 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 81 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 315 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 328 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 328 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 272 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 331 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 349 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 22.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 46 | 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 · 28 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Sapele in MayNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 276 mm rain
- Yenagoa in MayNigeria · 69 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Ogbia in MayNigeria · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Atani in MayNigeria · 101 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Ihiala in MayNigeria · 103 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Benin City in MayNigeria · 103 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Asaba in MayNigeria · 113 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 142 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 Ughelli) is explained once on the Ughelli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.