Bogandé weather in May

In May, Bogandé sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 17 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bogandé's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bogandé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:39 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Bogandé is village in Burkina Faso.

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 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bogandé reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Bogandé

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.

Bogandé weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.4
Feb35° / 21°0011.63.4
Mar38° / 24°10.511.91.1
Apr40° / 28°51.312.30.1
May39° / 29°174.912.60.7
Jun36° / 27°378.212.72.2
Jul33° / 25°9414.912.73.1
Aug31° / 24°15718.812.43.4
Sep33° / 24°821212.13.4
Oct36° / 25°174.611.72.2
Nov36° / 21°0011.42.6
Dec33° / 18°0011.34.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bogandé gets around 17 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
18
28
39
49
510
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711
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1013
1113
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1515
1616
1716
1817
1917
2018
2118
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3123

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1201131353
2181031374
3171030394
4151029415
514928445
612927466
711826487
89826507
98825518
107725529
1157255310
1256245510
1346245511
1435245711
1525235812
1625235713
1724225913
1814225914
1913216015
2013206016
2113196017
2213186018
2312176020
2412166021
2512156022
2612136123
2711126125
2811116126
2911106028
300196030
310186031

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 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 5:44 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:446:11
212.55:446:12
312.55:436:12
412.55:436:12
512.55:426:12
612.55:426:12
712.55:426:13
812.55:416:13
912.55:416:13
1012.55:416:13
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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 6.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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246.7Intense
256.7Intense
266.7Intense
276.7Intense
286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bogandé

In seasonPeak

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

Bogandé sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Bogandé?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bogandé.

What to pack for Bogandé in May

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

In May, Bogandé sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bogandé 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 Bogandé peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Bogandé 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 Bogandé is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2077 µg/m³Aug 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr55Poor
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bogandé?

Bogandé sits at 13.0°N, 0.1°W, 291 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Mani, 32 km away.

BoulsaPissilaYalgoGayériPouytengaKoupélaZorgo

Topography around Bogandé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bogandé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 286 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m.

The land around Bogandé is covered by grassland (51%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
167 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Mani 32 km · Boulsa 58 km · Pissila 76 km · Yalgo 76 km · Gayéri 78 km · Pouytenga 86 km · Koupéla 92 km · Zorgo 96 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

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 Bogandé (12.9771°, -0.1466°, elevation 291 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).