Kombissiri weather in May

In May, Kombissiri sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 31 mm of rain across 7.3 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 38°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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kombissiri's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kombissiri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:45 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Kombissiri 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 Kombissiri 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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How May really feels in Kombissiri

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.

Kombissiri 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°00.111.45.1
Feb35° / 22°10.111.63.2
Mar38° / 25°20.811.91.3
Apr38° / 27°143.712.30.9
May37° / 27°317.312.51.7
Jun34° / 25°5810.712.73.0
Jul31° / 24°12318.612.63.5
Aug30° / 23°2062312.43.5
Sep31° / 23°1141512.13.9
Oct34° / 24°386.811.73.3
Nov35° / 21°10.411.43.1
Dec33° / 19°0011.34.6

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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

Any precipitation

Kombissiri gets around 31 mm of rain over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 32% 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 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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1331455250
2331353280
3231253300
4231152320
5221052340
612953350
712852370
811851390
911751400
1001750420
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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

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 5:50 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:506:15
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312.45:496:16
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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 6.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.53 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 Kombissiri

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Kombissiri?

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
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kombissiri.

What to pack for Kombissiri in May

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

In May, Kombissiri sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kombissiri 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 Kombissiri peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kombissiri 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 Kombissiri is worst in February — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1977 µg/m³Aug 1116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May29Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov52Poor
Dec59Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kombissiri?

Kombissiri sits at 12.1°N, 1.3°W, 311 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Zinguédéssé, 33 km away.

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Topography around Kombissiri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kombissiri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 311 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m.

The land around Kombissiri is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (33%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
183 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Zinguédéssé 33 km · Saaba 35 km · Saonré 35 km · Nioko I 38 km · Ouagadougou 39 km · Manga 53 km · Ziniaré 57 km · Mogtédo 59 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 Kombissiri (12.0688°, -1.3364°, elevation 311 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).