Garango weather in May

In May, Garango sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 35 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Garango's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garango's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:42 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
59%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Garango is city in Boulgou, 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 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Garango reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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 Garango

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.

Garango weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°0011.44.6
Feb36° / 23°10.211.62.8
Mar38° / 26°4111.91.1
Apr39° / 28°163.312.30.9
May36° / 27°358.112.51.8
Jun34° / 25°5510.412.73.2
Jul31° / 24°11818.212.63.6
Aug30° / 23°20422.812.43.5
Sep31° / 23°11715.312.13.8
Oct34° / 24°35711.73.4
Nov35° / 22°20.311.52.9
Dec34° / 20°0011.34.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24753
34654
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54753
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275050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Garango gets around 35 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
119
220
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421
521
622
723
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923
1024
1124
1224
1324
1425
1525
1625
1726
1826
1926
2027
2127
2228
2328
2429
2530
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2731
2832
2933
3033
3134

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112648430
212646450
312644480
412542500
501540540
601438570
701437580
801335610
901334620
1000234640
1100233650
1200232660
1300132670
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2200130681
2300029701
2400028711
2500027721
2600026731
2700025741
2800023761
2900022771
3000020782
3100019792

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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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 5:47 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:476:12
212.45:476:12
312.45:466:12
412.45:466:12
512.45:456:12
612.55:456:13
712.55:456:13
812.55:446:13
912.55:446:13
1012.55:446:13
1112.55:436:14
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1612.55:426:15
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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 6.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.48 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
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206.5Intense
216.5Intense
226.4Intense
236.4Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Garango

In seasonPeak

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

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

Garango 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 Garango?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Garango.

What to pack for Garango in May

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

In May, Garango sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Garango 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 Garango peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

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

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1876 µg/m³Aug 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May29Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov41Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Garango?

Garango sits at 11.8°N, 0.6°W, 304 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Tenkodogo, 20 km away.

ZorgoPouytengaMangaMogtédo

Topography around Garango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garango has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 296 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Garango is covered by cropland (53%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
174 m
80 km
274 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tenkodogo 20 km · Béguédo 20 km · Koupéla 47 km · Gomboussougou 48 km · Zorgo 50 km · Pouytenga 52 km · Manga 58 km · Mogtédo 62 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 Garango (11.8°, -0.5506°, elevation 304 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).