Lere weather in May

In May, Lere sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 98 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lere's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lere's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:08 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
65%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Lere is town in Kaduna, 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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lere reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313122

How May really feels in Lere

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.

Lere weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°0011.57.2
Feb32° / 16°10.211.75.4
Mar34° / 20°20.611.93.5
Apr35° / 22°285.912.22.9
May32° / 22°9816.512.53.3
Jun29° / 21°14822.612.63.7
Jul27° / 20°17825.812.53.9
Aug27° / 20°25727.412.33.8
Sep28° / 20°2032612.13.6
Oct30° / 19°7211.711.84.8
Nov31° / 16°00.111.56.1
Dec29° / 14°0011.47.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
54060
64159
74258
84258
94258
104357
114357
124357
134357
144357
154357
164357
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244258
254159
264060
274060
283961
293961
303961
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lere gets around 98 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
242
343
444
544
645
745
845
945
1045
1145
1245
1346
1446
1547
1647
1748
1850
1951
2053
2155
2257
2359
2461
2563
2666
2768
2869
2971
3072
3173

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
198126110
287126211
387116113
477106214
566106315
66696316
75696317
85596318
94596319
104596220
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201296226
211286326
220186526
230176626
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260156727
270156727
280046927
290046927
300037027
310027127

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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109calm
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159calm
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269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 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 6:12 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:126:34
212.46:126:34
312.46:116:34
412.46:116:34
512.46:116:34
612.46:106:34
712.46:106:35
812.46:106:35
912.46:096:35
1012.46:096:35
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1212.46:096:35
1312.56:086:36
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1812.56:076:37
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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 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.4Intense
66.3Intense
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.3Intense
136.3Intense
146.3Intense
156.3Intense
166.2Intense
176.2Intense
186.2Intense
196.2Intense
206.2Intense
216.2Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lere

In seasonPeak

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

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

Lere sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Lere?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lere.

What to pack for Lere in May

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

In May, Lere sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lere in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lere peaks around August 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highAug 20UV 12Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Lere 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 Lere is worst in February — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 15113 µg/m³Jul 2327 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan106Unhealthy
Feb115Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr78Unhealthy
May48Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep43Poor
Oct69Unhealthy
Nov77Unhealthy
Dec97Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lere?

Lere sits at 10.4°N, 8.6°E, 753 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jos, 62 km away.

SobaKachiaKagoroKafanchan

Topography around Lere

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lere has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 753 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,192 m.

The land around Lere is covered by cropland (87%) within 3 km, cropland (85%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
1,192 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Jos 62 km · Dutsen Wai 66 km · Anchau 67 km · Bukuru 73 km · Soba 87 km · Kachia 89 km · Kagoro 89 km · Kafanchan 95 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 Lere (10.3858°, 8.5729°, elevation 753 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).