Bourzanga weather in May

In May, Bourzanga sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 9 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Bourzanga's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bourzanga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:44 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
51%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bourzanga reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Bourzanga

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.

Bourzanga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°00.111.36.2
Feb34° / 19°0011.54.2
Mar37° / 23°00.211.91.7
Apr40° / 26°3112.30.2
May39° / 28°93.412.60.4
Jun37° / 27°297.212.81.7
Jul34° / 25°9415.712.72.8
Aug32° / 24°14718.312.53.4
Sep33° / 24°691212.13.2
Oct36° / 24°133.211.72.2
Nov35° / 20°0011.43.0
Dec32° / 17°0011.25.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36040
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125842
135842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bourzanga gets around 9 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1402026140
2391927150
3371927160
4351928170
5341829180
6321831200
7291732211
8271733221
9251634241
10231635251
11211636261
12191537271
13171538292
14151538302
15141539302
16121539313
17111440323
1891440343
1981440354
2081339364
2171239374
2261238395
2351138405
2451137426
2551036446
264935457
274833477
283732498
293731518
303629539
3125275610

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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 5:49 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:496:18
212.55:486:18
312.55:486:18
412.55:486:18
512.55:476:19
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712.55:466:19
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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 6.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Bourzanga

In seasonPeak

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

Bourzanga 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 Bourzanga?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bourzanga.

What to pack for Bourzanga in May

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

In May, Bourzanga sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bourzanga 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 Bourzanga peaks around March 16 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 16UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Bourzanga 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 Bourzanga is worst in March — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1177 µg/m³Aug 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov41Poor
Dec56Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bourzanga?

Bourzanga sits at 13.7°N, 1.5°W, 331 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Kouka, 28 km away.

TitaoKayaOuahigouyaAribindaPissila

Topography around Bourzanga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bourzanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 324 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Bourzanga is covered by grassland (36%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
192 m
80 km
275 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kouka 28 km · Kongoussi 39 km · Djibo 48 km · Titao 57 km · Kaya 82 km · Ouahigouya 95 km · Aribinda 96 km · Pissila 97 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 Bourzanga (13.6781°, -1.5461°, elevation 331 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).