Igede-Ekiti weather in May

In May, Igede-Ekiti sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 162 mm of rain across 23.2 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Igede-Ekiti's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igede-Ekiti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
162 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:25 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
81%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

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 Igede-Ekiti reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Igede-Ekiti

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.

Igede-Ekiti 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°10211.64.3
Feb34° / 22°24511.73.4
Mar33° / 23°7314.211.93.1
Apr31° / 23°10918.712.23.3
May30° / 22°16223.212.33.4
Jun28° / 22°1942612.43.5
Jul27° / 21°18627.212.43.8
Aug27° / 21°20025.512.34.0
Sep28° / 21°22927.4123.5
Oct29° / 21°19925.711.83.5
Nov31° / 21°377.111.74.8
Dec32° / 20°51.111.64.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
41783
51783
61783
71783
81783
91783
101783
111684
121684
131684
141684
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301288
311090

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Igede-Ekiti gets around 162 mm of rain over 23.2 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 75% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
370
471
571
671
771
872
972
1072
1172
1273
1373
1473
1574
1674
1775
1875
1975
2076
2177
2277
2378
2478
2579
2680
2780
2881
2981
3082
3182

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 (%)
1298
2298
3298
4298
5298
6298
7298
8298
9298
10298
11298
12298
13298
14298
15298
16298
17298
18397
19397
20397
21496
22496
23496
24595
25595
26694
27694
28793
29793
30892
31892

Wind in May

Winds average 9 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
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
168calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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318calm

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
212.36:286:45
312.36:286:45
412.36:286:45
512.36:286:45
612.36:276:45
712.36:276:45
812.36:276:45
912.36:276:45
1012.36:266:45
1112.36:266:46
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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 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Igede-Ekiti

In seasonPeak

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

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

Igede-Ekiti 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 Igede-Ekiti?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Igede-Ekiti.

What to pack for Igede-Ekiti in May

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

In May, Igede-Ekiti sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Igede-Ekiti 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 Igede-Ekiti 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 Igede-Ekiti 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 Igede-Ekiti 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 Igede-Ekiti?

Igede-Ekiti sits at 7.7°N, 5.1°E, 576 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Aramoko-Ekiti, 10 km away.

Topography around Igede-Ekiti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igede-Ekiti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 563 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Igede-Ekiti is covered by trees (84%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
378 m
80 km
753 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Aramoko-Ekiti 10 km · Ado-Ekiti 12 km · Ijero-Ekiti 18 km · Igbara-Odo 20 km · Ikere-Ekiti 22 km · Efon-Alaaye 23 km · Ipoti 23 km · Oke Mesi 28 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 Igede-Ekiti (7.6685°, 5.1263°, elevation 576 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).