Pissila weather in May

In May, Pissila sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 13 mm of rain across 4.2 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 39°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Pissila's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pissila's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:41 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
52%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Pissila 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 39°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pissila 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 about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Pissila

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.

Pissila 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° / 16°0011.36.0
Feb34° / 19°0011.64.0
Mar38° / 23°10.311.91.5
Apr40° / 26°41.512.30.3
May39° / 28°134.212.60.7
Jun36° / 26°35812.82.1
Jul33° / 25°9114.412.73.2
Aug31° / 24°14618.712.43.5
Sep33° / 24°7311.712.13.4
Oct36° / 24°143.711.72.2
Nov36° / 19°00.111.42.8
Dec32° / 16°0011.25.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 39%.

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

Any precipitation

Pissila gets around 13 mm of rain over 4.2 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 14% and peaks near 23% 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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 60% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1251331292
2231231322
3211230342
4191230362
5181229392
6161229413
7141228433
8121228454
9101228464
1091127485
1171127495
1261127506
1351027526
1441027527
154927537
163927538
173827539
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2414225716
2514205817
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2713185919
2813166020
2913155922
3012136123
3102126125

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 5:47 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:476:14
212.55:466:15
312.55:466:15
412.55:456:15
512.55:456:15
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712.55:446:16
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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 6.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.71 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 Pissila

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Mar
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May
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Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Pissila?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pissila.

What to pack for Pissila in May

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

In May, Pissila 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 Pissila 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 Pissila peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Pissila 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 Pissila is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2277 µg/m³Aug 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May40Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Pissila?

Pissila sits at 13.2°N, 0.8°W, 312 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Yalgo, 26 km away.

BoulsaManiBarogoBogandéKongoussi

Topography around Pissila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pissila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 310 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m.

The land around Pissila is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
267 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Yalgo 26 km · Kaya 30 km · Korsimoro 46 km · Boulsa 62 km · Mani 67 km · Barogo 70 km · Bogandé 76 km · Kongoussi 79 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 Pissila (13.1642°, -0.8225°, elevation 312 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).