Ijebu-Jesa weather in May

In May, Ijebu-Jesa sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 157 mm of rain across 23.3 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 Ijebu-Jesa's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ijebu-Jesa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:26 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
83%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Ijebu-Jesa is Settlement in Osun State..

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 Ijebu-Jesa 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 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Ijebu-Jesa

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.

Ijebu-Jesa 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°142.911.63.9
Feb34° / 22°305.611.73.2
Mar33° / 23°7915.411.93.0
Apr31° / 23°10418.212.23.3
May30° / 23°15723.312.33.3
Jun28° / 22°19926.212.43.5
Jul27° / 21°18826.712.43.8
Aug27° / 21°19025.112.34.0
Sep28° / 21°22826.7123.5
Oct29° / 22°19925.911.83.4
Nov31° / 22°488.611.64.4
Dec33° / 21°8211.64.5

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 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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

Any precipitation

Ijebu-Jesa gets around 157 mm of rain over 23.3 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 76% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
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371
471
572
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973
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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 (%)
10955
20955
30964
40964
50964
60964
70973
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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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:30 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:306:46
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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 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ijebu-Jesa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ijebu-Jesa 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 Ijebu-Jesa?

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

3.3
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 Ijebu-Jesa.

What to pack for Ijebu-Jesa in May

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

In May, Ijebu-Jesa sees daytime highs around 30°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 Ijebu-Jesa 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 Ijebu-Jesa peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ijebu-Jesa 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 Ijebu-Jesa is worst in January — around 170 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (July, 45 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17168 µg/m³Jul 2345 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan170Very unhealthy
Feb158Very unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May58Unhealthy
Jun52Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug46Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct78Unhealthy
Nov100Unhealthy
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ijebu-Jesa?

Ijebu-Jesa sits at 7.7°N, 4.8°E, 390 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ilesa, 10 km away.

Topography around Ijebu-Jesa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ijebu-Jesa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 379 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 801 m.

The land around Ijebu-Jesa is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
449 m
80 km
801 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Ilesa 10 km · Efon-Alaaye 12 km · Oke Mesi 18 km · Aramoko-Ekiti 25 km · Otan Ayegbaju 30 km · Osogbo 30 km · Ikirun 30 km · Ijero-Ekiti 31 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 Ijebu-Jesa (7.6829°, 4.8177°, elevation 390 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).