Kankara Weather in May
Kankara in May
The short of it: Kankara in May averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 40 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 36° · low 25° · rain 61 mm · daylight 12 h 40 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
May in Kankara brings afternoons near 36° and nights around 25°, with about 61 mm of rain over the month. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 40 min in mid-May, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Kankara runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Malumfashi, 28 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kankara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 52 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalumfashiKatsina State | 28 km SE | 36° | 24° | 64 mm |
| GoraKatsina State | 28 km E | 37° | 25° | 61 mm |
| MusawaKatsina State | 36 km NE | 37° | 25° | 52 mm |
| BakoriKatsina State | 42 km S | 36° | 24° | 73 mm |
| FuntuaKatsina State | 47 km SSW | 36° | 24° | 76 mm |
| JikamshiKatsina State | 48 km NE | 37° | 25° | 48 mm |
| TsafeZamfara State | 53 km W | 36° | 25° | 64 mm |
| GwarzoKano State | 57 km E | 37° | 25° | 56 mm |