Ondo weather in May

In May, Ondo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 243 mm of rain across 28.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 0% 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 Ondo's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ondo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 243 mm; 28.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:27 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Ondo is city in Ondo State, Nigeria.

Founded: 1510

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

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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 Ondo 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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
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22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

How May really feels in Ondo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ondo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	24	6.9	11.6	4.3
Feb	33° / 23°	50	12.1	11.8	3.3
Mar	32° / 24°	116	24	12	2.7
Apr	31° / 24°	180	25.5	12.2	2.8
May	30° / 23°	243	28.4	12.3	2.8
Jun	29° / 23°	271	29	12.4	3.0
Jul	27° / 22°	268	29.5	12.4	3.4
Aug	27° / 22°	233	28	12.2	3.6
Sep	28° / 22°	276	29.2	12	3.2
Oct	29° / 23°	218	28.9	11.8	3.0
Nov	31° / 23°	76	17.7	11.7	3.7
Dec	31° / 22°	21	7	11.6	4.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ondo gets around 243 mm of rain over 28.4 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 92% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	93
31	93

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	49	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	61	62	64	66	68	70	72	74	76
Miserable (%)	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	42	41	39	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	68	32
28	70	30
29	72	28
30	74	26
31	76	24

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
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17	5	calm
18	5	calm
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31	5	calm

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 6:30 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:30	6:45
2	12.3	6:30	6:45
3	12.3	6:30	6:45
4	12.3	6:30	6:45
5	12.3	6:29	6:45
6	12.3	6:29	6:45
7	12.3	6:29	6:46
8	12.3	6:29	6:46
9	12.3	6:28	6:46
10	12.3	6:28	6:46
11	12.3	6:28	6:46
12	12.3	6:28	6:46
13	12.3	6:28	6:46
14	12.3	6:28	6:46
15	12.3	6:27	6:46
16	12.3	6:27	6:47
17	12.3	6:27	6:47
18	12.3	6:27	6:47
19	12.3	6:27	6:47
20	12.3	6:27	6:47
21	12.3	6:27	6:47
22	12.3	6:27	6:48
23	12.4	6:27	6:48
24	12.4	6:27	6:48
25	12.4	6:27	6:48
26	12.4	6:27	6:48
27	12.4	6:27	6:49
28	12.4	6:27	6:49
29	12.4	6:27	6:49
30	12.4	6:27	6:49
31	12.4	6:27	6:49

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ondo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ondo 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 Ondo?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ondo.

What to pack for Ondo in May

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

In May, Ondo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ondo 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 Ondo peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	8	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ondo 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 Ondo is worst in January — around 137 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 35 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	137	131	80	61	48	43	37	35	42	54	66	118
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	137	Unhealthy
Feb	131	Unhealthy
Mar	80	Unhealthy
Apr	61	Unhealthy
May	48	Poor
Jun	43	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	54	Poor
Nov	66	Unhealthy
Dec	118	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ondo?

Ondo sits at 7.1°N, 4.8°E, 263 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Idanre, 31 km away.

Topography around Ondo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ondo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 893 m.

The land around Ondo is covered by artificial surfaces (72%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

129 m

artificial surfaces 72%

16 km

350 m

trees 90%

80 km

893 m

trees 91%

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← April Ondo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Idanre 31 km · Akure 43 km · Igbara-Odo 52 km · Ile-Ife 53 km · Ilesa 60 km · Ikere-Ekiti 63 km · Efon-Alaaye 63 km · Ijebu-Jesa 66 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

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 Ondo (7.0932°, 4.8353°, elevation 263 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	93
31	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	68	32
28	70	30
29	72	28
30	74	26
31	76	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	93
31	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	68	32
28	70	30
29	72	28
30	74	26
31	76	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	93
31	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	66	34
27	68	32
28	70	30
29	72	28
30	74	26
31	76	24