Abong Mbang weather in May

In May, Abong Mbang sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 138 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Abong Mbang's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abong Mbang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
23.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:58 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
75%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Abong Mbang is commune of Cameroon.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Abong Mbang reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Abong Mbang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Abong Mbang weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°153.311.85.3
Feb32° / 20°285.411.94.4
Mar31° / 21°9615.4123.7
Apr30° / 21°14921.912.13.5
May29° / 21°13823.612.23.7
Jun28° / 20°1202312.24.0
Jul27° / 20°12222.212.24.4
Aug28° / 20°13622.712.14.3
Sep28° / 20°15724.6123.9
Oct27° / 20°20127.711.93.7
Nov28° / 20°12417.611.84.7
Dec30° / 19°264.611.85.8

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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
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112377
122575
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Abong Mbang gets around 138 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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274
374
474
575
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1575
1675
1776
1876
1976
2076
2176
2276
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2577
2677
2777
2878
2978
3078
3178

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 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13961
23961
34060
44060
54060
64159
74159
84258
94258
104357
114357
124456
134456
144555
154654
164753
174951
185050
195149
205347
215446
225644
235743
245941
256040
266238
276337
286535
296733
306931
317129

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:006:09
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312.16:006:09
412.16:006:09
512.16:006:08
612.25:596:08
712.25:596:08
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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 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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304.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Abong Mbang

In seasonPeak

None of Abong Mbang's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Abong Mbang sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Abong Mbang?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abong Mbang.

What to pack for Abong Mbang in May

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

In May, Abong Mbang sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Abong Mbang 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 Abong Mbang peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Abong Mbang 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 Abong Mbang is worst in February — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.9× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1563 µg/m³Sep 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep8Good
Oct11Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abong Mbang?

Abong Mbang sits at 4.0°N, 13.2°E, 694 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bertoua, 86 km away.

BertouaAkonolingaBélaboNanga EbokoBatouriNkotengMbandjokOkoa

Topography around Abong Mbang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abong Mbang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 679 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 398 m.

The land around Abong Mbang is covered by trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
398 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bertoua 86 km · Akonolinga 106 km · Bélabo 106 km · Nanga Eboko 119 km · Batouri 140 km · Nkoteng 141 km · Mbandjok 151 km · Okoa 176 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,972
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
30.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 445
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Muslim 31%Protestant 27%animist 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 Abong Mbang (3.9833°, 13.1833°, elevation 694 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).