Zungeru weather in May

In May, Zungeru sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 80 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 12.4 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 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zungeru's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zungeru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:18 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
68%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Zungeru 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 Zungeru 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 32°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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How May really feels in Zungeru

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
16 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.

Zungeru 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° / 22°00.111.53.5
Feb37° / 24°10.211.72.2
Mar38° / 26°51.311.91.3
Apr37° / 27°315.512.21.6
May34° / 26°8011.712.42.7
Jun31° / 24°11014.812.63.7
Jul29° / 23°20423.212.53.5
Aug29° / 23°29126.612.33.3
Sep30° / 23°23524.112.13.3
Oct32° / 23°8712.211.83.9
Nov34° / 22°20.411.63.6
Dec35° / 21°0011.43.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zungeru gets around 80 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1215803
2214804
3213814
4212824
5111835
6111835
7110845
819855
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1018856
1108866
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:226:43
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312.46:226:43
412.46:216:43
512.46:216:43
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712.46:206:44
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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 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Zungeru

In seasonPeak

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

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

Zungeru 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 Zungeru?

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 Zungeru.

What to pack for Zungeru in May

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

In May, Zungeru 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 Zungeru 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 Zungeru 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 Zungeru 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 Zungeru 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 Zungeru?

Zungeru sits at 9.8°N, 6.2°E, 125 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Tegina, 30 km away.

BidaLapaiKontagoraPatigiSulejaMokwa

Topography around Zungeru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zungeru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m.

The land around Zungeru is covered by cropland (48%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
617 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tegina 30 km · Minna 48 km · Bida 82 km · Lapai 96 km · Kontagora 100 km · Patigi 128 km · Suleja 132 km · Mokwa 133 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 Zungeru (9.8073°, 6.1524°, elevation 125 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).