Kokologo weather in May

In May, Kokologo sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 31 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Kokologo's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kokologo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:47 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Kokologo 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 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kokologo reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°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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303526
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How May really feels in Kokologo

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.

Kokologo 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
Jan32° / 19°00.111.45.4
Feb35° / 21°10.111.63.4
Mar38° / 25°20.911.91.5
Apr38° / 27°133.112.30.9
May37° / 27°317.812.61.7
Jun34° / 25°5810.812.73.0
Jul31° / 24°13819.412.63.4
Aug30° / 23°21823.512.43.4
Sep31° / 23°12817.212.13.6
Oct34° / 23°36711.73.3
Nov35° / 21°10.211.43.3
Dec33° / 19°0011.34.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35149
45149
55149
65050
75149
85149
95149
105050
114951
125050
135050
145050
155149
165149
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185149
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205248
215347
225347
235446
245446
255545
265545
275644
285644
295743
305743
315842

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kokologo gets around 31 mm of rain over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
118
218
319
419
520
620
721
821
922
1022
1123
1223
1323
1424
1524
1625
1726
1826
1927
2028
2128
2228
2329
2429
2529
2629
2729
2830
2930
3030
3130

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
156175418
255165519
345155521
444145622
534135624
634135525
723125627
823115529
912105730
101295632
111295533
120185734
130175735
140175636
150165637
160065638
170065539
180055540
190055342
200045244
210045145
220044947
230034849
240034651
250034552
260024355
270024256
280024058
290013861
300013762
310013564

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 5:52 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:526:18
212.45:516:18
312.45:516:18
412.55:516:18
512.55:506:18
612.55:506:18
712.55:506:19
812.55:496:19
912.55:496:19
1012.55:496:19
1112.55:486:19
1212.55:486:20
1312.55:486:20
1412.55:476:20
1512.65:476:20
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1912.65:466:21
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3012.75:456:24
3112.75:456:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
56.6Intense
66.6Intense
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186.6Intense
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206.6Intense
216.6Intense
226.6Intense
236.6Intense
246.6Intense
256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kokologo

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Kokologo?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kokologo.

What to pack for Kokologo in May

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

In May, Kokologo sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kokologo 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 Kokologo peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 16UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kokologo 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 Kokologo is worst in February — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1973 µg/m³Aug 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May28Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kokologo?

Kokologo sits at 12.2°N, 1.9°W, 328 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Kindi, 32 km away.

BousséNioko IKoudougou

Topography around Kokologo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kokologo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 326 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m.

The land around Kokologo is covered by cropland (58%) within 3 km, cropland (48%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), grassland (31%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
280 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Kindi 32 km · Zinguédéssé 32 km · Saonré 34 km · Sabou 41 km · Ouagadougou 42 km · Boussé 52 km · Nioko I 53 km · Koudougou 54 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 Kokologo (12.1939°, -1.8769°, elevation 328 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).