Owerri weather in May

In May, Owerri sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 264 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.2 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 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Owerri's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Owerri's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 264 mm; 28.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:21 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Owerri is city in Nigeria.

Density: 5,240/km²; people per km²

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Owerri 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 1°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30
Avg low (°C)	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	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	30	23

How May really feels in Owerri

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.

Owerri 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 22°	25	5.6	11.7	3.1
Feb	35° / 23°	52	9.9	11.8	2.5
Mar	34° / 24°	134	20.5	12	2.3
Apr	32° / 23°	213	24.8	12.1	2.3
May	31° / 23°	264	28.3	12.2	2.4
Jun	30° / 23°	296	28.4	12.3	2.7
Jul	29° / 22°	301	28.9	12.3	3.1
Aug	29° / 22°	272	27	12.2	3.2
Sep	29° / 22°	315	29.2	12	2.8
Oct	30° / 23°	302	29.7	11.9	2.6
Nov	32° / 22°	115	18.2	11.8	3.2
Dec	33° / 22°	23	5.8	11.7	3.7

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 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	93	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	93	93	93	94	94	95	96	96	96	97	97	97

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	7	93
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	8	92
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Owerri gets around 264 mm of rain over 28.3 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 92% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	94
31	94

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 53% 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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	52	53	55	56	58	59	61	63	65	66	68	70	71
Miserable (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	47	45	44	42	41	39	37	35	34	32	30	29

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	63	37
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	68	32
30	70	30
31	71	29

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 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:23 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:38 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:23	6:35
2	12.2	6:23	6:35
3	12.2	6:23	6:35
4	12.2	6:23	6:35
5	12.2	6:22	6:35
6	12.2	6:22	6:35
7	12.2	6:22	6:35
8	12.2	6:22	6:35
9	12.2	6:22	6:35
10	12.2	6:21	6:35
11	12.2	6:21	6:35
12	12.2	6:21	6:35
13	12.2	6:21	6:35
14	12.2	6:21	6:35
15	12.2	6:21	6:35
16	12.2	6:21	6:36
17	12.3	6:21	6:36
18	12.3	6:20	6:36
19	12.3	6:20	6:36
20	12.3	6:20	6:36
21	12.3	6:20	6:36
22	12.3	6:20	6:36
23	12.3	6:20	6:37
24	12.3	6:20	6:37
25	12.3	6:20	6:37
26	12.3	6:20	6:37
27	12.3	6:20	6:37
28	12.3	6:20	6:37
29	12.3	6:20	6:38
30	12.3	6:20	6:38
31	12.3	6:20	6:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.25 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	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	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	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	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Owerri

In seasonPeak

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

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

Owerri sees seasonal dust haze (December–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 Owerri?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Owerri.

What to pack for Owerri in May

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

In May, Owerri sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Owerri 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 Owerri peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	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	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Owerri 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 Owerri is worst in January — around 160 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 54 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)	160	141	102	94	85	73	59	54	67	87	96	152
Level	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	160	Very unhealthy
Feb	141	Unhealthy
Mar	102	Unhealthy
Apr	94	Unhealthy
May	85	Unhealthy
Jun	73	Unhealthy
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	67	Unhealthy
Oct	87	Unhealthy
Nov	96	Unhealthy
Dec	152	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Owerri?

Owerri sits at 5.5°N, 7.0°E, 73 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nkwerre, 32 km away.

Topography around Owerri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Owerri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m.

The land around Owerri is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

71 m

artificial surfaces 78%

16 km

135 m

trees 62%

80 km

430 m

trees 81%

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

May weather nearby: Nkwerre 32 km · Oguta 35 km · Ihiala 46 km · Elele 49 km · Uga 51 km · Umuahia 51 km · Okigwe 52 km · Aba 56 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 Owerri (5.4836°, 7.0332°, elevation 73 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	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	7	93
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	8	92
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	63	37
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	68	32
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	7	93
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	8	92
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	63	37
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	68	32
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	7	93
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	8	92
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	94
31	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	63	37
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	68	32
30	70	30
31	71	29