Enugu-Ezike weather in May

In May, Enugu-Ezike sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 195 mm of rain across 23.4 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 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Enugu-Ezike's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Enugu-Ezike's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
195 mm
23.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:17 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
83%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Enugu-Ezike is town in the Enugu state of 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Enugu-Ezike reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Enugu-Ezike

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Enugu-Ezike 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°71.911.63.6
Feb35° / 23°163.511.82.8
Mar34° / 24°559.9122.8
Apr33° / 24°11315.312.13.1
May31° / 23°19523.412.33.0
Jun29° / 23°24426.112.43.2
Jul28° / 22°23228.712.43.4
Aug28° / 22°23727.512.23.6
Sep29° / 22°27528.3123.1
Oct30° / 22°21225.311.83.3
Nov32° / 22°376.711.74.4
Dec33° / 22°51.111.64.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Enugu-Ezike gets around 195 mm of rain over 23.4 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 75% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
263
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768
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11963
21963
31963
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 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 6:20 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:206:35
212.26:206:35
312.36:206:35
412.36:196:35
512.36:196:35
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712.36:196:35
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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 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Enugu-Ezike

In seasonPeak

In May, Enugu-Ezike sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Enugu-Ezike's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Enugu-Ezike sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Enugu-Ezike?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Enugu-Ezike.

What to pack for Enugu-Ezike in May

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

In May, Enugu-Ezike sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Enugu-Ezike 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 Enugu-Ezike peaks around September 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highExtremeVery highSep 20UV 12Dec 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Enugu-Ezike 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 Enugu-Ezike is worst in January — around 172 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 47 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 15169 µg/m³Jul 1948 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan172Very unhealthy
Feb149Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun53Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug50Poor
Sep57Unhealthy
Oct75Unhealthy
Nov98Unhealthy
Dec158Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Enugu-Ezike?

Enugu-Ezike sits at 7.0°N, 7.5°E, 376 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nsukka, 15 km away.

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Topography around Enugu-Ezike

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Enugu-Ezike has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 370 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m.

The land around Enugu-Ezike is covered by trees (89%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
368 m
80 km
567 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Nsukka 15 km · Otukpa 26 km · Aku 34 km · Eha Amufu 49 km · Enugu 60 km · Effium 77 km · Idah 80 km · Ezza-Ohu 92 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 Enugu-Ezike (6.9827°, 7.4553°, elevation 376 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).