Boussé weather in May

In May, Boussé sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 23 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boussé's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boussé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:46 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
56%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Boussé is capital of Kourwéogo Province, Plateau-Central Region, 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 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Boussé reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°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 Boussé

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.

Boussé 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
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.6
Feb35° / 21°00.111.63.6
Mar38° / 24°20.711.91.4
Apr39° / 27°92.412.30.5
May38° / 28°236.312.61.1
Jun35° / 26°5210.512.72.6
Jul32° / 24°12518.912.73.2
Aug31° / 23°20222.512.43.3
Sep32° / 24°10716.412.13.4
Oct35° / 24°276.411.73.0
Nov35° / 20°10.211.43.2
Dec33° / 18°0011.34.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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

Any precipitation

Boussé gets around 23 mm of rain over 6.3 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 21% and peaks near 29% 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 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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1141226426
2131126447
3121125467
4101024488
591023509
68922529
778215410
868205511
957195712
1056185912
1145186013
1235176114
1334176214
1424176215
1523166316
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2011146222
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2211126224
2311116126
2401106227
2501106029
260096130
270086032
280075934
290065836
300055738
310045739

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:516:18
212.55:516:18
312.55:516:18
412.55:506:19
512.55:506:19
612.55:496:19
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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 6.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Boussé

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Boussé?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boussé.

What to pack for Boussé in May

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

In May, Boussé sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Boussé 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 Boussé peaks around March 15 at about 14 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Boussé 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 Boussé is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1075 µg/m³Aug 1316 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov42Poor
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Boussé?

Boussé sits at 12.7°N, 1.9°W, 350 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Kindi, 29 km away.

OuagadougouYakoKokologoSaonréZinguédésséNioko ISaaba

Topography around Boussé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boussé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 340 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m.

The land around Boussé is covered by cropland (52%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (50%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%), grassland (36%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
282 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kindi 29 km · Ouagadougou 51 km · Yako 52 km · Kokologo 52 km · Saonré 55 km · Zinguédéssé 57 km · Nioko I 58 km · Saaba 61 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 Boussé (12.6612°, -1.8951°, elevation 350 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).