Daura weather in May

In May, Daura sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Daura's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:05 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
44%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Daura is city in Katsina State, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical May day in Daura reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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

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
5 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.

Daura weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°0011.37.2
Feb32° / 17°0011.65.1
Mar36° / 21°00.111.92.4
Apr39° / 24°20.712.30.8
May38° / 26°133.412.61.0
Jun36° / 25°358.412.82.2
Jul32° / 24°10717.912.73.2
Aug30° / 23°17520.812.43.5
Sep32° / 23°679.912.13.8
Oct35° / 21°71.711.73.1
Nov33° / 18°0011.44.4
Dec30° / 14°0011.26.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36238
46337
56337
66238
76238
86238
96436
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116436
126535
136535
146733
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Daura gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
16
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 28% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1411927121
2391928131
3371929141
4351930151
5332030152
6322031162
7302031172
8292031172
9282031182
10282031193
11272031193
12262030203
13262030213
14252030223
15251929233
16241929244
17241828264
18231728284
19221628294
20211628315
21201528335
22191427355
23181327376
24161227396
25151127417
26141027437
2712926458
2811826479
299725499
3087245110
3176245310

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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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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 6:10 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:106:38
212.56:106:38
312.56:096:38
412.56:096:38
512.56:086:38
612.56:086:39
712.56:086:39
812.56:076:39
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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 6.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.52 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
97.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Daura

In seasonPeak

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

Daura 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 Daura?

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

1.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Daura.

What to pack for Daura in May

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

In May, Daura sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Daura in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Daura peaks around August 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 15UV 12Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Daura 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 Daura is worst in February — around 120 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 34 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyFeb 18119 µg/m³Aug 1234 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan113Unhealthy
Feb120Unhealthy
Mar117Unhealthy
Apr100Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun55Unhealthy
Jul37Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep50Poor
Oct80Unhealthy
Nov88Unhealthy
Dec106Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Daura?

Daura sits at 13.0°N, 8.3°E, 475 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Matamey, 46 km away.

KatsinaAguiéTessaouaZinderMirriah

Topography around Daura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 472 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m.

The land around Daura is covered by cropland (42%), artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
88 m
80 km
227 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Matamey 46 km · Magaria 64 km · Gazaoua 70 km · Katsina 78 km · Aguié 79 km · Tessaoua 88 km · Zinder 112 km · Mirriah 117 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
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

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 Daura (13.033°, 8.3235°, elevation 475 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).