Mussende weather in May

In May, Mussende sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mussende's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mussende's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:07 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mussende reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Mussende weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	169	19.4	12.5	5.0
Feb	26° / 17°	144	16.2	12.3	5.1
Mar	26° / 17°	235	23.3	12.1	4.4
Apr	26° / 17°	119	16.3	11.8	5.5
May	27° / 16°	8	1.6	11.5	8.1
Jun	27° / 14°	1	0.2	11.4	8.9
Jul	27° / 14°	0	0	11.4	8.7
Aug	29° / 15°	4	1.1	11.7	7.3
Sep	29° / 16°	56	10.7	11.9	5.6
Oct	27° / 16°	197	25.8	12.2	4.1
Nov	25° / 16°	251	26.7	12.5	3.9
Dec	25° / 16°	221	23.8	12.6	4.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	55	57	59	61	64	66	67	69	71	73	75	76	78	78	79	80	80	80	82	82	83	83	82	83	83	83	83	85	85	86	86
Cloudier (%)	45	43	41	39	36	34	33	31	29	27	25	24	22	22	21	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	15	15	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	57	43
3	59	41
4	61	39
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	71	29
10	73	27
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mussende gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 6% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	35	38	41	44	47	50	53	56	59	61	65	68	70	73	75	77	78	80	81	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	90
Comfortable (%)	35	35	34	34	33	32	31	29	28	27	25	23	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8
Humid (%)	30	27	25	22	20	18	16	15	13	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	35	30
2	38	35	27
3	41	34	25
4	44	34	22
5	47	33	20
6	50	32	18
7	53	31	16
8	56	29	15
9	59	28	13
10	61	27	12
11	65	25	10
12	68	23	9
13	70	22	8
14	73	20	7
15	75	19	6
16	77	18	5
17	78	17	5
18	80	16	4
19	81	15	4
20	83	14	3
21	84	13	3
22	84	13	3
23	85	12	3
24	85	12	3
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	87	11	2
28	88	10	2
29	88	10	2
30	89	9	2
31	90	8	2

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:36 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:04	5:42
2	11.6	6:04	5:42
3	11.6	6:04	5:41
4	11.6	6:05	5:41
5	11.6	6:05	5:41
6	11.6	6:05	5:40
7	11.6	6:05	5:40
8	11.6	6:05	5:40
9	11.6	6:05	5:39
10	11.6	6:05	5:39
11	11.6	6:06	5:39
12	11.5	6:06	5:39
13	11.5	6:06	5:38
14	11.5	6:06	5:38
15	11.5	6:06	5:38
16	11.5	6:07	5:38
17	11.5	6:07	5:38
18	11.5	6:07	5:37
19	11.5	6:07	5:37
20	11.5	6:07	5:37
21	11.5	6:08	5:37
22	11.5	6:08	5:37
23	11.5	6:08	5:37
24	11.5	6:08	5:37
25	11.5	6:09	5:37
26	11.5	6:09	5:36
27	11.5	6:09	5:36
28	11.4	6:09	5:36
29	11.4	6:10	5:36
30	11.4	6:10	5:36
31	11.4	6:10	5:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.76 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
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14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mussende

In seasonPeak

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

Mussende's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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May

Jun

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Mussende?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Mussende for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mussende in May

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

In May, Mussende sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Mussende 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 Mussende peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 9 (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)	16	15	16	14	10	9	9	9	12	13	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Mussende 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 Mussende is worst in July — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 22.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 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)	9	10	10	9	24	96	184	120	40	16	9	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	24	Moderate
Jun	96	Unhealthy
Jul	184	Very unhealthy
Aug	120	Unhealthy
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mussende?

Mussende sits at 10.5°S, 16.0°E, 1,350 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Santa Clara, 73 km away.

Topography around Mussende

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mussende has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m around an average of 1,413 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m.

The land around Mussende is covered by trees (34%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

195 m

trees 34%

16 km

514 m

trees 52%

80 km

983 m

trees 62%

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

May weather nearby: Santa Clara 73 km · Cangandala 93 km · Bailundo 104 km · Malanje 114 km · Quibala 116 km · Cacuso 125 km · Andulo 131 km · Calulo 136 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,129; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 26.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 413
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 Mussende (-10.5143°, 16.0199°, elevation 1,350 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	15
19	27	15
20	27	15
21	27	15
22	27	15
23	27	15
24	27	15
25	27	15
26	27	15
27	27	15
28	27	15
29	27	15
30	27	15
31	27	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	57	43
3	59	41
4	61	39
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	71	29
10	73	27
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	35	30
2	38	35	27
3	41	34	25
4	44	34	22
5	47	33	20
6	50	32	18
7	53	31	16
8	56	29	15
9	59	28	13
10	61	27	12
11	65	25	10
12	68	23	9
13	70	22	8
14	73	20	7
15	75	19	6
16	77	18	5
17	78	17	5
18	80	16	4
19	81	15	4
20	83	14	3
21	84	13	3
22	84	13	3
23	85	12	3
24	85	12	3
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	87	11	2
28	88	10	2
29	88	10	2
30	89	9	2
31	90	8	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	57	43
3	59	41
4	61	39
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	71	29
10	73	27
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	35	30
2	38	35	27
3	41	34	25
4	44	34	22
5	47	33	20
6	50	32	18
7	53	31	16
8	56	29	15
9	59	28	13
10	61	27	12
11	65	25	10
12	68	23	9
13	70	22	8
14	73	20	7
15	75	19	6
16	77	18	5
17	78	17	5
18	80	16	4
19	81	15	4
20	83	14	3
21	84	13	3
22	84	13	3
23	85	12	3
24	85	12	3
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	87	11	2
28	88	10	2
29	88	10	2
30	89	9	2
31	90	8	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	57	43
3	59	41
4	61	39
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	71	29
10	73	27
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	35	30
2	38	35	27
3	41	34	25
4	44	34	22
5	47	33	20
6	50	32	18
7	53	31	16
8	56	29	15
9	59	28	13
10	61	27	12
11	65	25	10
12	68	23	9
13	70	22	8
14	73	20	7
15	75	19	6
16	77	18	5
17	78	17	5
18	80	16	4
19	81	15	4
20	83	14	3
21	84	13	3
22	84	13	3
23	85	12	3
24	85	12	3
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	87	11	2
28	88	10	2
29	88	10	2
30	89	9	2
31	90	8	2