Tegina weather in May

In May, Tegina sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 82 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tegina's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tegina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:18 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
68%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Tegina is town in Niger 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 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tegina reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Tegina

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
14 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.

Tegina 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
Jan35° / 21°00.111.53.4
Feb37° / 24°10.211.72.1
Mar38° / 26°5111.91.2
Apr37° / 27°285.312.21.6
May34° / 26°821212.52.7
Jun31° / 24°11115.112.63.7
Jul29° / 23°21924.512.53.4
Aug29° / 23°29827.112.33.3
Sep30° / 23°22124.312.13.3
Oct31° / 23°8412.411.83.9
Nov34° / 22°10.311.53.6
Dec35° / 21°0011.43.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34159
44060
54060
63961
73961
83961
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113961
123961
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292773
302575
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tegina gets around 82 mm of rain over 12 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 39% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
132
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333
434
534
635
735
835
935
1035
1135
1235
1335
1435
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1736
1836
1937
2038
2139
2240
2342
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2646
2747
2849
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3051
3152

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11316773
21215793
31214803
40213823
50212833
60111853
70111853
80110854
90110854
10019864
11008884
12008884
13007894
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 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
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:226:43
212.46:226:43
312.46:216:43
412.46:216:43
512.46:206:43
612.46:206:44
712.46:206:44
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912.46:196:44
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1312.46:186:45
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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 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.69 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.2Bright
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245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tegina

In seasonPeak

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

Tegina's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Tegina sees seasonal dust haze (December–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 Tegina?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tegina.

What to pack for Tegina in May

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

In May, Tegina sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tegina 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 Tegina peaks around September 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 12UV 12Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tegina 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 Tegina is worst in February — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 9104 µg/m³Jul 2123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct44Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tegina?

Tegina sits at 10.1°N, 6.2°E, 270 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Zungeru, 30 km away.

KontagoraBidaLapaiSofo-Birnin-GwariIbetoKaduna

Topography around Tegina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tegina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 265 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 642 m.

The land around Tegina is covered by cropland (42%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), grassland (24%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
642 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Zungeru 30 km · Minna 64 km · Kontagora 87 km · Bida 112 km · Lapai 121 km · Sofo-Birnin-Gwari 123 km · Ibeto 123 km · Kaduna 146 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 Tegina (10.0706°, 6.1906°, elevation 270 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).