Dankama Weather in May
Dankama in May
The short of it: Dankama in May averages a high of 38 °C (101 °F) and a low of 26 °C (78 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 12 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 38° · low 26° · rain 16 mm · daylight 12 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Dankama an average May high of 38°, a low of 26° and some 16 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 38° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 44 min in mid-May, 19 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Dankama runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Aguié, 23 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Dankama, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AguiéMaradi Region | 23 km N | 38° | 26° | 15 mm |
| GazaouaMaradi Region | 28 km NNE | 39° | 26° | 15 mm |
| MashiKatsina State | 39 km SSE | 37° | 25° | 20 mm |
| KatsinaKatsina State | 40 km SSW | 37° | 26° | 24 mm |
| TessaouaMaradi Region | 55 km NNE | 39° | 26° | 12 mm |
| DauraKatsina State | 64 km ESE | 38° | 25° | 17 mm |
| JibiaKatsina State | 66 km WSW | 39° | 26° | 22 mm |
| MadarounfaMaradi Region | 69 km W | 39° | 27° | 20 mm |