Lafiagi weather in May

In May, Lafiagi sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 99 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lafiagi's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lafiagi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:22 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
69%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Lafiagi is settlement in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lafiagi reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Lafiagi

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
26 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Lafiagi weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°10.211.53.2
Feb37° / 23°20.411.71.8
Mar38° / 26°92.311.91.0
Apr37° / 26°387.812.21.3
May35° / 25°9915.912.42.1
Jun32° / 24°16120.912.52.8
Jul31° / 23°19524.312.53.1
Aug30° / 23°23324.112.33.3
Sep31° / 23°21723.512.13.1
Oct32° / 23°861411.83.4
Nov35° / 23°20.511.63.2
Dec35° / 21°00.111.53.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43466
53466
63466
73466
83466
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113466
123466
133565
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lafiagi gets around 99 mm of rain over 15.9 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 51% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
241
342
443
544
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745
845
945
1046
1146
1246
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1447
1548
1648
1749
1850
1951
2052
2153
2255
2356
2458
2559
2661
2762
2864
2965
3066
3167

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19883
28893
38884
47894
57894
66895
76895
85905
95896
104906
114906
123907
133907
142917
152917
162908
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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
28calm
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48calm
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67calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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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 30 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 6:26 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:266:45
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412.36:256:45
512.36:256:45
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712.36:246:45
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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 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.4Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lafiagi

In seasonPeak

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

Lafiagi's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Lafiagi sees seasonal dust haze (December–May), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Lafiagi?

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

2.1
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 Lafiagi.

What to pack for Lafiagi in May

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

In May, Lafiagi sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi peaks around September 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 15UV 12Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi is worst in January — around 116 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 23115 µg/m³Jul 1927 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan116Unhealthy
Feb113Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct51Poor
Nov59Unhealthy
Dec86Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lafiagi?

Lafiagi sits at 8.9°N, 5.4°E, 116 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Patigi, 40 km away.

Isanlu-ItedoijowaIlorin

Topography around Lafiagi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lafiagi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Lafiagi is covered by cropland (61%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%), shrubs (31%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
206 m
80 km
581 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Patigi 40 km · Mokwa 63 km · Bida 70 km · Bode Saadu 70 km · Egbe 71 km · Jebba 72 km · Isanlu-Itedoijowa 79 km · Ilorin 104 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 Lafiagi (8.853°, 5.4164°, elevation 116 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).