Obudu weather in May

In May, Obudu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 144 mm of rain across 22.2 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Obudu's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Obudu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
144 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:11 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
87%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Obudu is town in Cross River 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Obudu reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°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 Obudu

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.

Obudu 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
Jan34° / 21°61.311.73.6
Feb35° / 23°152.611.82.8
Mar35° / 24°408.8122.7
Apr33° / 24°8514.412.13.0
May31° / 23°14422.212.33.0
Jun29° / 23°15324.112.43.3
Jul28° / 22°16325.912.33.7
Aug28° / 22°22426.312.23.7
Sep29° / 22°23028123.1
Oct30° / 22°23127.411.93.0
Nov31° / 22°6210.811.74.1
Dec33° / 21°51.111.64.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
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6892
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Obudu gets around 144 mm of rain over 22.2 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 72% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
159
260
361
462
564
665
766
867
968
1069
1170
1271
1371
1472
1573
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1874
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2175
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2879
2980
3080
3181

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11981
21981
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111981
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201972
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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
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
157calm
167calm
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187calm
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227calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:146:27
212.26:136:27
312.26:136:28
412.26:136:28
512.36:136:28
612.36:126:28
712.36:126:28
812.36:126:28
912.36:126:28
1012.36:116:28
1112.36:116:28
1212.36:116:28
1312.36:116:28
1412.36:116:28
1512.36:116:29
1612.36:116:29
1712.36:106:29
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2012.36:106:29
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2212.36:106:30
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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 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Obudu

In seasonPeak

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

Obudu's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Obudu sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Obudu?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Obudu.

What to pack for Obudu in May

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

In May, Obudu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Obudu 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 Obudu peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 21UV 13Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Obudu 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 Obudu is worst in January — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 24115 µg/m³Jul 1629 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan115Unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May33Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec96Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Obudu?

Obudu sits at 6.7°N, 9.2°E, 224 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ogoja, 40 km away.

GbokoIkomMamfeWumIgborTakum

Topography around Obudu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Obudu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 958 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,835 m.

The land around Obudu is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
958 m
80 km
1,835 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Ogoja 40 km · Katsina-Ala 57 km · Gboko 75 km · Ikom 93 km · Mamfe 103 km · Wum 105 km · Igbor 107 km · Takum 112 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 Obudu (6.6682°, 9.1645°, elevation 224 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).