Vyanda weather in May

In May, Vyanda sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 351 mm of rain across 28.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vyanda's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vyanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
4th coldest
Rainfall
351 mm
28.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:03 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
75%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Vyanda is town in Bururi Province, Burundi.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Vyanda reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Vyanda weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 19°58230.712.23.6
Feb24° / 20°47427.412.13.6
Mar24° / 20°54430.5123.6
Apr24° / 19°52729.611.93.5
May24° / 19°35128.911.84.0
Jun24° / 18°11619.811.85.3
Jul24° / 18°4810.111.86.9
Aug24° / 18°7312.611.96.6
Sep25° / 19°17821.6125.0
Oct24° / 20°43429.212.13.8
Nov23° / 19°58629.912.23.4
Dec23° / 19°6013112.23.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31288
41486
51585
61684
71684
81783
91981
102080
112080
122278
132377
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152575
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192971
203070
213169
223367
233466
243565
253664
263763
273961
283961
294159
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vyanda gets around 351 mm of rain over 28.9 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 92% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3179

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
103862
203862
303862
403961
503961
604060
704159
804258
904357
1004456
1104555
1204654
1304753
1404951
1505050
1605149
1705248
1805347
1905446
2005545
2105644
2205743
2305842
2405941
2506040
2615940
2716039
2816138
2916336
3016435
3126434

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:035:55
211.96:035:54
311.96:035:54
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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 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.2Bright
34.2Bright
44.2Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
124.4Bright
134.4Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.5Bright
174.5Bright
184.5Bright
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204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.6Bright
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244.6Bright
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264.6Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vyanda?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vyanda for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vyanda in May

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

In May, Vyanda sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 29 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Vyanda 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 Vyanda peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 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 highExtremeMar 15UV 15Aug 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Vyanda 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 Vyanda is worst in August — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateAug 2158 µg/m³Apr 1720 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul42Poor
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep54Poor
Oct33Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Vyanda?

Vyanda sits at 4.1°S, 29.6°E, 1,859 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Rumonge, 23 km away.

RumongeKasuluGitegaBujumburaGatumbaUvira

Topography around Vyanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vyanda has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 712 m around an average of 1,794 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,732 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,016 m.

The land around Vyanda is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
712 m
16 km
1,732 m
80 km
2,016 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwater
May weather nearby: Rumonge 23 km · Kasulu 76 km · Mwandiga 81 km · Gitega 83 km · Bujumbura 85 km · Kigoma 86 km · Gatumba 94 km · Uvira 94 km

Burundi travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$234
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2020
Homicide rate
5.6
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
35.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 94%Muslim 3%other 1%none 1%

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 Vyanda (-4.1024°, 29.606°, elevation 1,859 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).