Climate averages 1991–2020
Yola weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Yola: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimeta (8 km away). In May its highs average 36.9°C, about as warm as Yola, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yola ranks 19th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 23rd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Yola is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 68 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
Yola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 67 | 11.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 109 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 51 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 8 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Numan in MayNigeria · 57 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Jalingo in MayNigeria · 128 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 146 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Biu in MayNigeria · 159 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 180 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Pindiga in MayNigeria · 189 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 242 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 294 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 Yola) is explained once on the Yola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Jimeta lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.