Yenagoa weather in May

In May, Yenagoa sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 305 mm of rain across 29.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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 miserable.

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 Yenagoa's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yenagoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 305 mm; 29.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:24 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Yenagoa is local government area in Nigeria.

Density: 215/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1996

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 Yenagoa reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How May really feels in Yenagoa

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.

Yenagoa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 24°	61	12.9	11.7	3.6
Feb	32° / 25°	98	17.6	11.8	2.9
Mar	32° / 25°	202	27.5	12	2.4
Apr	31° / 25°	249	27.9	12.1	2.4
May	31° / 24°	305	29.7	12.2	2.4
Jun	29° / 24°	338	29.2	12.3	2.8
Jul	28° / 23°	324	28.9	12.3	3.2
Aug	28° / 23°	247	28.4	12.2	3.3
Sep	29° / 23°	340	29.6	12	2.9
Oct	30° / 23°	374	30.6	11.9	2.6
Nov	31° / 24°	210	25.4	11.8	2.8
Dec	32° / 24°	64	13.7	11.7	3.9

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 95%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yenagoa gets around 305 mm of rain over 29.7 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 96% and peaks near 97% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 79% 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 (%)	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	22	24	27	29	31	34	36	39	41	44	46	48
Miserable (%)	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	86	85	84	83	81	80	78	76	73	71	69	66	64	61	59	56	54	52

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	24	76
22	27	73
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	34	66
26	36	64
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	44	56
30	46	54
31	48	52

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
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
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16	5	calm
17	5	calm
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20	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 6:27 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:40 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:27	6:37
2	12.2	6:27	6:37
3	12.2	6:27	6:37
4	12.2	6:26	6:37
5	12.2	6:26	6:37
6	12.2	6:26	6:37
7	12.2	6:26	6:37
8	12.2	6:26	6:37
9	12.2	6:25	6:37
10	12.2	6:25	6:37
11	12.2	6:25	6:37
12	12.2	6:25	6:38
13	12.2	6:25	6:38
14	12.2	6:25	6:38
15	12.2	6:25	6:38
16	12.2	6:24	6:38
17	12.2	6:24	6:38
18	12.2	6:24	6:38
19	12.2	6:24	6:38
20	12.2	6:24	6:38
21	12.2	6:24	6:38
22	12.2	6:24	6:39
23	12.2	6:24	6:39
24	12.2	6:24	6:39
25	12.2	6:24	6:39
26	12.3	6:24	6:39
27	12.3	6:24	6:39
28	12.3	6:24	6:40
29	12.3	6:24	6:40
30	12.3	6:24	6:40
31	12.3	6:24	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.13 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.08 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yenagoa

In seasonPeak

None of Yenagoa's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Dust

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Apr

May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Yenagoa?

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

3.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yenagoa.

What to pack for Yenagoa in May

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

In May, Yenagoa sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Yenagoa 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 Yenagoa peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Yenagoa 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 Yenagoa is worst in January — around 118 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 30 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)	118	101	63	57	49	43	35	30	35	47	57	102
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	118	Unhealthy
Feb	101	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	49	Poor
Jun	43	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	35	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	57	Unhealthy
Dec	102	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Yenagoa?

Yenagoa sits at 4.9°N, 6.3°E, 8 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Degema Hulk, 56 km away.

Topography around Yenagoa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yenagoa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m.

The land around Yenagoa is covered by trees (33%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and mangroves (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

trees 33%

16 km

30 m

trees 81%

80 km

61 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

May weather nearby: Degema Hulk 56 km · Obonoma 63 km · Elele 64 km · Ughelli 69 km · Buguma 69 km · Port Harcourt 84 km · Warri 87 km · Kwale 89 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 Yenagoa (4.9268°, 6.2676°, elevation 8 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	30	24
23	30	24
24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	24	76
22	27	73
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	34	66
26	36	64
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	44	56
30	46	54
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	24	76
22	27	73
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	34	66
26	36	64
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	44	56
30	46	54
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	24	76
22	27	73
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	34	66
26	36	64
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	44	56
30	46	54
31	48	52