Natitingou weather in May

In May, Natitingou sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 127 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Natitingou's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Natitingou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:37 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Natitingou is city and commune in north western Benin.

Density
17/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 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Natitingou reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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 Natitingou

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.

Natitingou 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
Jan32° / 19°10.211.55.2
Feb34° / 21°6111.73.7
Mar35° / 23°224.411.92.6
Apr34° / 24°7513.712.22.7
May32° / 23°12719.212.53.3
Jun30° / 22°12618.912.64.0
Jul28° / 22°20425.512.53.9
Aug28° / 21°29528.412.33.6
Sep29° / 21°24626.112.13.3
Oct31° / 21°12818.111.83.6
Nov33° / 20°122.111.54.2
Dec33° / 19°00.111.44.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23367
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63466
73565
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Natitingou gets around 127 mm of rain over 19.2 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 61% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3067
3167

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
117911
217902
316912
406922
506922
605932
705923
804933
904933
1004933
1104933
1203943
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 6:41 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:417:02
212.46:417:03
312.46:407:03
412.46:407:03
512.46:397:03
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712.46:397:03
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1212.46:377:04
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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 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.8 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 Natitingou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Natitingou 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 Natitingou?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Natitingou.

What to pack for Natitingou in May

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

In May, Natitingou sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Natitingou in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Natitingou peaks around April 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 17UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Natitingou 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 Natitingou is worst in December — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1696 µg/m³Aug 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan74Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr42Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov80Unhealthy
Dec98Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Natitingou?

Natitingou sits at 10.3°N, 1.4°E, 450 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Toukountouna, 22 km away.

CoblyKopargoMatériNiamtougouPéhonko

Topography around Natitingou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Natitingou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m around an average of 469 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 659 m.

The land around Natitingou is covered by shrubs (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), shrubs (31%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
234 m
16 km
345 m
80 km
659 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Toukountouna 22 km · Boukoumbé 33 km · Tanguiéta 37 km · Cobly 47 km · Kopargo 54 km · Matéri 56 km · Niamtougou 67 km · Péhonko 69 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 Natitingou (10.3042°, 1.3796°, elevation 450 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).