Tougan weather in May

In May, Tougan sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 20 mm of rain across 5.9 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 39°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Tougan's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tougan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
5.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:50 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
57%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Tougan 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 Tougan 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Tougan

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.

Tougan 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
Jan32° / 18°00.111.35.4
Feb35° / 20°0011.63.5
Mar38° / 24°10.411.91.3
Apr40° / 27°82.412.30.3
May39° / 28°205.912.60.7
Jun36° / 26°469.612.82.1
Jul32° / 24°12417.512.73.1
Aug31° / 23°19821.612.43.4
Sep32° / 24°10014.412.13.5
Oct35° / 24°235.111.72.7
Nov36° / 21°00.111.42.9
Dec33° / 18°0011.24.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
35149
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55149
65149
75149
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95248
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125149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tougan gets around 20 mm of rain over 5.9 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 19% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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514
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1016
1117
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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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1191229356
2181228366
3171227387
4151126407
5141125428
6131024449
71210244510
8109234710
999224911
1088225012
1177225212
1266225313
1356215414
1445215614
1545215515
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1734215616
1823215717
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2612155725
2701145827
2801135828
2901115929
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310195832

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 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 5:56 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:566:23
212.55:556:23
312.55:556:24
412.55:546:24
512.55:546:24
612.55:546:24
712.55:536:24
812.55:536:25
912.55:536:25
1012.55:526:25
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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 6.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tougan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tougan 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 Tougan?

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

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tougan.

What to pack for Tougan in May

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

In May, Tougan sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tougan 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 Tougan peaks around March 15 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 highExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Tougan 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 Tougan is worst in February — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2268 µg/m³Aug 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May32Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Tougan?

Tougan sits at 13.1°N, 3.1°W, 300 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Toma, 40 km away.

GourcyDédougouYakoOuahigouyaNounaPaRéo

Topography around Tougan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tougan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 296 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m.

The land around Tougan is covered by grassland (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (35%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
239 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
May weather nearby: Toma 40 km · Gourcy 78 km · Dédougou 80 km · Yako 89 km · Ouahigouya 90 km · Nouna 94 km · Pa 106 km · Réo 106 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 Tougan (13.0724°, -3.0694°, elevation 300 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).