Igbara-Odo weather in May

In May, Igbara-Odo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 173 mm of rain across 25.1 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Igbara-Odo's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igbara-Odo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:26 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
83%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Igbara-Odo 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 Igbara-Odo 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 Igbara-Odo

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.

Igbara-Odo 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
Jan33° / 21°133.311.64.1
Feb34° / 22°316.711.83.3
Mar33° / 23°8317.111.92.9
Apr31° / 23°11920.812.23.1
May30° / 23°17325.112.33.1
Jun29° / 22°21027.212.43.3
Jul27° / 22°20127.912.43.6
Aug27° / 21°19726.812.23.8
Sep28° / 21°23027.7123.3
Oct29° / 22°19126.411.83.3
Nov31° / 22°438.911.74.5
Dec32° / 21°82.311.64.8

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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31387
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91288
101288
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Igbara-Odo gets around 173 mm of rain over 25.1 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.

0%20%40%60%80%100%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
177
277
378
478
578
678
778
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1078
1178
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1479
1580
1681
1781
1882
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2083
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2585
2686
2786
2887
2987
3087
3187

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10937
20937
30946
40946
50946
60946
70955
80955
90955
100964
110964
120973
130973
140973
150982
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170982
180982
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201972
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242962
252962
262971
272971
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302971
312971

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:296:45
212.36:296:45
312.36:296:45
412.36:286:45
512.36:286:45
612.36:286:45
712.36:276:45
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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 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.3Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Igbara-Odo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Igbara-Odo 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 Igbara-Odo?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Igbara-Odo.

What to pack for Igbara-Odo in May

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

In May, Igbara-Odo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Igbara-Odo 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 Igbara-Odo peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highMar 23UV 12Dec 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Igbara-Odo 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 Igbara-Odo is worst in January — around 170 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17169 µg/m³Jul 2239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan170Very unhealthy
Feb156Very unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr65Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep50Poor
Oct70Unhealthy
Nov94Unhealthy
Dec154Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Igbara-Odo?

Igbara-Odo sits at 7.5°N, 5.1°E, 367 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ikere-Ekiti, 19 km away.

Topography around Igbara-Odo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igbara-Odo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 373 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 455 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 834 m.

The land around Igbara-Odo is covered by trees (89%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
455 m
80 km
834 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Ikere-Ekiti 19 km · Igede-Ekiti 20 km · Ado-Ekiti 22 km · Aramoko-Ekiti 23 km · Efon-Alaaye 23 km · Akure 31 km · Ijebu-Jesa 34 km · Ijero-Ekiti 35 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 Igbara-Odo (7.5025°, 5.0626°, elevation 367 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).