Idanre weather in May

In May, Idanre sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 229 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% 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 Idanre's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idanre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
27.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:26 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
85%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Idanre is human settlement in 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Idanre reaches about 30°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 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Idanre weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°226.311.64.2
Feb33° / 23°4411.511.83.2
Mar32° / 24°10922.5122.7
Apr31° / 24°16824.512.22.8
May30° / 23°22927.912.32.8
Jun29° / 23°26028.712.43.0
Jul28° / 22°25529.512.43.4
Aug27° / 22°23627.812.23.6
Sep28° / 22°27128.9123.2
Oct29° / 22°20828.111.83.0
Nov31° / 23°6716.211.73.9
Dec32° / 22°185.811.64.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21090
31090
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51090
6991
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Idanre gets around 229 mm of rain over 27.9 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 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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690
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1090
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1891
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3192

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16337
26337
36337
46436
56436
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76535
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106733
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267624
277822
287921
298119
308218
318416

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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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 6:29 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:296:44
212.36:296:44
312.36:296:44
412.36:286:44
512.36:286:44
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712.36:286:44
812.36:276:45
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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 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.25 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 Idanre

In seasonPeak

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

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

Idanre sees seasonal dust haze (January–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 Idanre?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Idanre.

What to pack for Idanre in May

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

In May, Idanre sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Idanre 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 Idanre peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near February 8 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 highMar 22UV 13Feb 8UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Idanre 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 Idanre is worst in January — around 159 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 31 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 22158 µg/m³Aug 1232 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan159Very unhealthy
Feb153Very unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr62Unhealthy
May47Poor
Jun41Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct53Poor
Nov66Unhealthy
Dec123Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Idanre?

Idanre sits at 7.1°N, 5.1°E, 332 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Akure, 18 km away.

Topography around Idanre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idanre has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m around an average of 383 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 730 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 893 m.

The land around Idanre is covered by trees (66%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
378 m
16 km
730 m
80 km
893 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Akure 18 km · Ondo 31 km · Igbara-Odo 44 km · Ikere-Ekiti 45 km · Ise-Ekiti 52 km · Emure-Ekiti 52 km · Owo 53 km · Ado-Ekiti 58 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 Idanre (7.1127°, 5.1159°, elevation 332 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).