Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Zaria: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 28th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 31.7°C; Zaria is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 110 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
Zaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 34.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 55 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 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
- Funtua in MayNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Kaduna in MayNigeria · 72 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MayNigeria · 76 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Lere in MayNigeria · 123 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Kano in MayNigeria · 131 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 165 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MayNigeria · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kagoro in MayNigeria · 182 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 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 Zaria) is explained once on the Zaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.