Climate · Abuja

Abuja in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Abuja is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 32 minutes.May in Abuja is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 32 minutes.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 59% of days
Daylight
12h 32mon average

Is May a good time to visit Abuja?


A good month, just outside Abuja's best months, which run in two parts: July to September, or November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in May, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in May, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

59% of days in May, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in May, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 32m in May, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April98°37°low 76°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May92°33°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June88°31°low 72°low 22°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Abuja sits, in May

Africa/Lagos

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:10 AMsets 6:42 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in May

high · low · wet days

  • Lagos88°31° · 78°26° 6

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.