Diébougou weather in May

In May, Diébougou sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Diébougou's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diébougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:54 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
64%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Diébougou 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 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Diébougou reaches about 35°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 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Diébougou

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
24 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.

Diébougou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°00.211.44.0
Feb36° / 23°20.511.62.4
Mar38° / 26°102.411.91.2
Apr37° / 27°428.312.21.3
May35° / 26°7212.912.52.2
Jun33° / 24°8014.512.63.3
Jul30° / 23°1532112.63.5
Aug29° / 23°23224.812.43.5
Sep30° / 23°1452012.13.7
Oct33° / 23°6111.711.83.5
Nov35° / 22°4111.53.1
Dec34° / 20°10.111.43.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Diébougou gets around 72 mm of rain over 12.9 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 42% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11530640
21429660
31428670
41426690
50325720
60323740
70322750
80221770
90219790
100218800
110117820
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:59 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.33 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 Diébougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Diébougou sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Jul
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Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Diébougou?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diébougou.

What to pack for Diébougou in May

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

In May, Diébougou sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Diébougou 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 Diébougou peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highMar 18UV 14Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Diébougou 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 Diébougou is worst in February — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1563 µg/m³Aug 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar54Poor
Apr42Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep17Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov39Poor
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Diébougou?

Diébougou sits at 11.0°N, 3.2°W, 290 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Dano, 29 km away.

HoundéGaouaJirapaFara DepartmentBoromoBobo-Dioulasso

Topography around Diébougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diébougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 291 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m.

The land around Diébougou is covered by grassland (51%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), shrubs (32%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
252 m
80 km
329 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Dano 29 km · Houndé 67 km · Gaoua 71 km · Jirapa 76 km · Fara Department 82 km · Boromo 94 km · Bobo-Dioulasso 117 km · 124 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 Diébougou (10.9621°, -3.2497°, elevation 290 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).