Songo weather in May

In May, Songo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 124 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Songo's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Songo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
6th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:07 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
61%
4th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Songo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Songo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°17322.312.44.2
Feb29° / 21°14118.212.24.2
Mar29° / 21°19522.3123.8
Apr29° / 21°29826.711.83.3
May28° / 20°12416.511.75.2
Jun28° / 18°61.311.67.9
Jul28° / 17°10.211.67.9
Aug28° / 17°41.211.87.7
Sep28° / 19°215.8126.2
Oct28° / 20°15320.812.24.3
Nov28° / 20°26826.112.33.7
Dec28° / 20°23325.312.44.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
22080
32278
42575
52575
62872
73070
83367
93664
103862
114159
124456
134654
144951
155050
165248
175347
185545
195644
205743
215842
225842
235941
245941
256040
265941
275941
285941
295941
306040
316139

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Songo gets around 124 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
188
287
385
483
580
678
776
873
970
1068
1165
1262
1360
1457
1554
1651
1749
1846
1944
2041
2139
2237
2335
2433
2531
2630
2728
2826
2924
3022
3121

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1003268
2003367
3003565
4003664
5003862
6004060
7004357
8014554
9014752
10015049
11025147
12025444
13025741
14035938
15046036
16046333
17056530
18056827
19066925
20077122
21077419
22087517
23097615
240107713
250117811
26013789
27014797
28016786
29118774
30121753
31124732

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:055:50
211.76:065:50
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411.76:065:49
511.76:065:49
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2011.66:085:46
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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 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Songo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Songo?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Songo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Songo in May

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

In May, Songo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Songo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Songo peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Aug 12UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep9Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Songo 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 Songo is worst in June — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodJun 1970 µg/m³Nov 2211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May43Poor
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep69Unhealthy
Oct20Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Songo?

Songo sits at 7.4°S, 14.8°E, 721 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Uíge, 37 km away.

GombeMuxaluandoCamabatelaCage MazumboCanacassalaNzagi

Topography around Songo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Songo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 685 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m.

The land around Songo is covered by grassland (51%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
620 m
80 km
988 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Uíge 37 km · Negage 65 km · Gombe 105 km · Muxaluando 105 km · Camabatela 110 km · Cage Mazumbo 119 km · Canacassala 121 km · Nzagi 125 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
Roman Catholic 41%Protestant 38%none 12%other 9%

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 Songo (-7.3521°, 14.8463°, elevation 721 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).