Matéri weather in May

In May, Matéri sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 55 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Matéri's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matéri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:37 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
64%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Matéri is commune of Benin.

Density
14/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Matéri reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 38°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 Matéri

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Matéri weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°10.111.43.5
Feb37° / 23°30.411.61.9
Mar39° / 26°72.111.90.7
Apr38° / 27°32812.21.0
May36° / 26°5511.712.52.0
Jun34° / 25°591112.63.1
Jul31° / 24°11317.912.63.5
Aug30° / 23°19823.712.43.4
Sep31° / 23°14818.212.13.6
Oct33° / 23°539.611.83.3
Nov36° / 22°30.711.52.4
Dec35° / 21°0011.43.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24258
34258
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54258
64357
74456
84456
94456
104456
114654
124654
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154654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Matéri gets around 55 mm of rain over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1737
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3039
3138

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1111862
2010882
3010873
409883
508893
608893
707903
806913
906913
1005914
1105914
1205914
1305914
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:427:04
212.46:417:04
312.46:417:04
412.46:417:05
512.46:407:05
612.46:407:05
712.46:407:05
812.46:397:05
912.46:397:05
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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 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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46.3Intense
56.3Intense
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96.2Intense
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136.2Intense
146.2Intense
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166.2Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Matéri

In seasonPeak

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

Matéri's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Matéri sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Matéri?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Matéri.

What to pack for Matéri in May

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

In May, Matéri sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Matéri 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 Matéri peaks around September 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highSep 14UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Matéri 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 Matéri is worst in December — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 2084 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan78Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr41Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov66Unhealthy
Dec86Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Matéri?

Matéri sits at 10.7°N, 1.1°E, 200 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Cobly, 24 km away.

ToukountounaNatitingouKompiengaBoukoumbéMango

Topography around Matéri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matéri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 206 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 558 m.

The land around Matéri is covered by cropland (84%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
244 m
80 km
558 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Cobly 24 km · Tanguiéta 24 km · Toukountouna 40 km · Natitingou 56 km · Kompienga 57 km · Boukoumbé 58 km · Mango 75 km · Dapaong 95 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 Matéri (10.6962°, 1.0631°, elevation 200 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).