Yalgo weather in May

In May, Yalgo sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 15 mm of rain across 4.5 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 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 Yalgo's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yalgo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:42 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

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 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yalgo reaches about 38°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 35°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 Yalgo

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.

Yalgo 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°0011.35.8
Feb34° / 20°0011.63.8
Mar38° / 23°10.511.91.4
Apr39° / 27°51.612.30.4
May38° / 28°154.512.60.9
Jun36° / 26°398.112.72.4
Jul33° / 24°9415.212.73.2
Aug31° / 24°1572012.43.4
Sep33° / 24°8312.712.13.5
Oct36° / 24°184.411.72.5
Nov36° / 20°00.111.42.9
Dec33° / 17°0011.35.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yalgo gets around 15 mm of rain over 4.5 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 15% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
18
28
39
49
510
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710
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1514
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1815
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2017
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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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1191131363
2181130384
3161129404
4151028425
5131027455
6121026476
710925496
89925507
98824528
106824548
115723569
1247235610
1336235810
1436235711
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1625225813
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1814215915
1913215916
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2113195918
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2312175921
2402166022
2502155924
2602145925
2701135927
2801116028
2901105930
300195931
310185833

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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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 5:47 AM to 5:40 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
212.55:476:14
312.55:466:15
412.55:466:15
512.55:456:15
612.55:456:15
712.55:456:15
812.55:446:16
912.55:446:16
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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 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yalgo

In seasonPeak

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

Yalgo 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 Yalgo?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yalgo.

What to pack for Yalgo in May

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

In May, Yalgo sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Yalgo 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 Yalgo peaks around March 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 14UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Yalgo 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 Yalgo is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2277 µg/m³Aug 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Yalgo?

Yalgo sits at 12.9°N, 0.8°W, 302 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Pissila, 26 km away.

ZiniaréMogtédoBogandé

Topography around Yalgo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yalgo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Yalgo is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (36%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
241 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Pissila 26 km · Korsimoro 26 km · Kaya 31 km · Boulsa 42 km · Barogo 44 km · Ziniaré 62 km · Mogtédo 72 km · Bogandé 76 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 Yalgo (12.9333°, -0.85°, elevation 302 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).