Atani weather in May

In May, Atani sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 174 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Atani's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atani's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 174 mm; 25.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:21 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

← April Atani year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Atani reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

How May really feels in Atani

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

2 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Atani weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 23°	8	2.1	11.7	3.3
Feb	35° / 24°	19	4.5	11.8	2.6
Mar	34° / 25°	67	12.8	12	2.5
Apr	33° / 24°	130	19	12.1	2.6
May	31° / 24°	174	25.2	12.3	2.7
Jun	30° / 23°	209	26.7	12.3	2.9
Jul	29° / 23°	197	26.6	12.3	3.3
Aug	29° / 23°	188	24.2	12.2	3.5
Sep	29° / 23°	212	27.8	12	2.9
Oct	30° / 23°	184	26.3	11.9	3.0
Nov	32° / 23°	47	8.5	11.7	4.1
Dec	33° / 23°	7	1.6	11.7	4.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Cloudier (%)	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Atani gets around 174 mm of rain over 25.2 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 81% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	71	71	72	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	79	80	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	80
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	43	45	47	48	50	52	54	56	57
Miserable (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	62	60	59	57	55	53	52	50	48	46	44	43

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	50	50
28	52	48
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:24	6:36
2	12.2	6:24	6:36
3	12.2	6:23	6:36
4	12.2	6:23	6:37
5	12.2	6:23	6:37
6	12.2	6:23	6:37
7	12.2	6:22	6:37
8	12.2	6:22	6:37
9	12.2	6:22	6:37
10	12.2	6:22	6:37
11	12.3	6:22	6:37
12	12.3	6:22	6:37
13	12.3	6:21	6:37
14	12.3	6:21	6:37
15	12.3	6:21	6:37
16	12.3	6:21	6:37
17	12.3	6:21	6:38
18	12.3	6:21	6:38
19	12.3	6:21	6:38
20	12.3	6:21	6:38
21	12.3	6:21	6:38
22	12.3	6:21	6:38
23	12.3	6:21	6:38
24	12.3	6:21	6:39
25	12.3	6:21	6:39
26	12.3	6:21	6:39
27	12.3	6:21	6:39
28	12.3	6:21	6:39
29	12.3	6:21	6:40
30	12.3	6:21	6:40
31	12.3	6:21	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Atani

In seasonPeak

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

Atani's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atani sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Atani?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Atani.

What to pack for Atani in May

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

In May, Atani sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Atani in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Atani peaks around September 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Atani 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 Atani is worst in January — around 201 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 58 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	201	171	100	98	83	73	59	58	70	92	108	197
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	201	Very unhealthy
Feb	171	Very unhealthy
Mar	100	Unhealthy
Apr	98	Unhealthy
May	83	Unhealthy
Jun	73	Unhealthy
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	70	Unhealthy
Oct	92	Unhealthy
Nov	108	Unhealthy
Dec	197	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Atani?

Atani sits at 6.0°N, 6.7°E, 25 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ozubulu, 13 km away.

Topography around Atani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atani has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m.

The land around Atani is covered by trees (41%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

trees 41%

16 km

163 m

trees 62%

80 km

474 m

trees 67%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April Atani year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Ozubulu 13 km · Onitsha 16 km · Nkpor 18 km · Nnewi 19 km · Asaba 21 km · Ihiala 21 km · Igbo-Ukwu 30 km · Ogwashi-Uku 31 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

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 Atani (6.0128°, 6.7477°, elevation 25 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	80
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	50	50
28	52	48
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	80
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	50	50
28	52	48
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	80
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	50	50
28	52	48
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43