Mirriah weather in May

In May, Mirriah sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mirriah's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mirriah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:01 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
38%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
7.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mirriah reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Mirriah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mirriah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°0011.37.1
Feb33° / 17°0011.54.9
Mar37° / 21°0011.92.1
Apr40° / 25°10.312.30.2
May40° / 27°61.912.60.1
Jun38° / 27°154.212.81.1
Jul34° / 25°7313.112.72.6
Aug32° / 24°13516.512.53.3
Sep35° / 24°376.612.12.8
Oct37° / 23°40.911.72.1
Nov34° / 19°0011.43.9
Dec30° / 15°0011.26.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
37030
47030
57030
67030
77030
87129
97129
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137327
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mirriah gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
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65
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
168161330
268161330
365171440
464181440
562191540
661191550
761191550
860191650
960191650
1060191650
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1257191761
1357181861
1457181861
1556171971
1657161971
1755162081
1854162181
1953152291
20511523101
21491524111
22471625121
23451626131
24421627141
25401628151
26381629161
27351730171
28331732181
29301733191
30271735201
31251836201

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:066:35
212.56:066:35
312.56:056:35
412.56:056:36
512.56:046:36
612.56:046:36
712.56:046:36
812.66:036:37
912.66:036:37
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
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97.2Intense
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247.1Intense
257.1Intense
267.0Intense
277.0Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
307.0Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mirriah

In seasonPeak

In May, Mirriah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mirriah sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Mirriah?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mirriah.

What to pack for Mirriah in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Mirriah sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mirriah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mirriah peaks around August 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Mirriah in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mirriah is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 13102 µg/m³Aug 1627 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan98Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar96Unhealthy
Apr81Unhealthy
May63Unhealthy
Jun54Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep35Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec91Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mirriah?

Mirriah sits at 13.7°N, 9.2°E, 407 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Zinder, 21 km away.

DauraGumelGouréTessaouaGazaoua

Topography around Mirriah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mirriah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mirriah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 413 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m.

The land around Mirriah is covered by grassland (60%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (47%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and cropland (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
287 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Zinder 21 km · Matamey 80 km · Magaria 83 km · Daura 117 km · Gumel 123 km · Gouré 125 km · Tessaoua 126 km · Gazaoua 135 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$775
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
25.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%ethnic religionist 4%Christian 0%agnostics and other 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mirriah (13.7073°, 9.1501°, elevation 407 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).