Gusau Weather in May
Gusau in May
The short of it: Gusau in May averages a high of 37 °C (99 °F) and a low of 25 °C (78 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 37° · low 25° · rain 58 mm · daylight 12 h 41 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Gusau an average May high of 37°, a low of 25° and some 58 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 37° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 41 min in mid-May, 18 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Gusau runs about middling and about as wet in May. Kwatarkwashi, 17 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Gusau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 48 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KwatarkwashiZamfara State | 17 km E | 37° | 25° | 57 mm |
| MaruZamfara State | 34 km WNW | 38° | 26° | 52 mm |
| TsafeZamfara State | 37 km SE | 36° | 25° | 64 mm |
| Kaura NamodaZamfara State | 48 km N | 38° | 26° | 41 mm |
| SauriZamfara State | 51 km SSE | 36° | 24° | 72 mm |
| RunkaKatsina State | 77 km ENE | 37° | 26° | 42 mm |
| Talata MafaraZamfara State | 79 km NW | 38° | 27° | 43 mm |
| WaginiKatsina State | 82 km NE | 38° | 25° | 35 mm |