Banté weather in May

In May, Banté sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 141 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Banté's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banté's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
141 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:37 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Banté is commune of Benin.

Density
7/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Banté reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Banté

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Banté weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°20.411.63.9
Feb36° / 23°11211.72.6
Mar36° / 25°457.711.92.1
Apr34° / 24°10414.612.22.4
May33° / 24°14119.312.42.7
Jun31° / 23°16521.812.53.1
Jul30° / 23°2282612.43.2
Aug29° / 22°26426.512.33.2
Sep30° / 23°22823.9123.1
Oct32° / 23°11216.711.83.4
Nov34° / 22°132.711.63.6
Dec34° / 21°20.511.53.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Banté gets around 141 mm of rain over 19.3 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 63% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
159
259
360
461
561
661
761
861
961
1061
1161
1261
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1461
1561
1661
1761
1861
1961
2062
2162
2263
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2666
2767
2868
2968
3069
3169

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18812
28812
38812
48812
58812
68812
78812
88812
98812
108812
118713
128713
138713
148713
158614
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208713
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258911
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279010
28919
29928
30928
31937

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:416:58
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312.36:406:59
412.36:406:59
512.36:406:59
612.36:396:59
712.36:396:59
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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 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Banté

In seasonPeak

In May, Banté sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Banté's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Banté sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Banté?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Banté.

What to pack for Banté in May

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

In May, Banté sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Banté in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Banté peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 22UV 13Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Banté 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 Banté is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 984 µg/m³Aug 1219 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec67Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Banté?

Banté sits at 8.4°N, 1.9°E, 270 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Savalou, 55 km away.

SavalouOuesséGlazouéBassilaSavéDassa-ZoumèTchambaTchaourou

Topography around Banté

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banté has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 267 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m.

The land around Banté is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and shrubs (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
165 m
16 km
211 m
80 km
518 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Savalou 55 km · Ouessé 60 km · Glazoué 61 km · Bassila 71 km · Savé 78 km · Dassa-Zoumè 80 km · Tchamba 86 km · Tchaourou 94 km

Benin travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,658
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Muslim 28%Roman Catholic 26%Protestant 14%Vodoun 12%

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 Banté (8.4122°, 1.8897°, elevation 270 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).