Kouka weather in May

In May, Kouka sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.9 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 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kouka's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kouka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:44 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
52%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Kouka is place in Centre-Nord 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 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kouka reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Kouka

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.

Kouka 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
Jan31° / 17°0011.36.1
Feb34° / 19°0011.64.2
Mar37° / 23°10.211.91.7
Apr40° / 27°41.512.30.3
May39° / 28°113.912.60.6
Jun36° / 27°337.812.81.9
Jul33° / 25°9916.712.72.9
Aug31° / 24°15319.212.43.4
Sep33° / 24°7313.212.13.2
Oct36° / 24°16411.72.3
Nov35° / 20°00.111.43.0
Dec32° / 17°0011.25.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
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135842
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316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kouka gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 20% 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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1321829200
2311829220
3291829240
4271730250
5251730270
6231730291
7211731311
8191631321
9171631341
10161632351
11141533372
12121533382
13111434393
1491435403
1581335403
1671336414
1761236424
1851236435
1941136445
2041035456
2131035466
223934477
232933488
242832508
252731519
2627295210
2716285411
2816265512
2915245713
3014225914
3114206114

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 30 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:496:18
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412.55:486:18
512.55:486:19
612.55:476:19
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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 6.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kouka

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Kouka?

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

0.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kouka.

What to pack for Kouka in May

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

In May, Kouka sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kouka 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 Kouka peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

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

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1177 µg/m³Aug 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov41Poor
Dec56Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kouka?

Kouka sits at 13.4°N, 1.6°W, 317 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Kongoussi, 15 km away.

TitaoKayaDjiboGourcyYakoOuahigouya

Topography around Kouka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kouka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 322 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m.

The land around Kouka is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (27%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
211 m
80 km
248 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kongoussi 15 km · Bourzanga 28 km · Titao 61 km · Kaya 69 km · Djibo 74 km · Gourcy 84 km · Yako 88 km · Ouahigouya 88 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 Kouka (13.4345°, -1.6136°, elevation 317 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).