Bandjoun weather in May

In May, Bandjoun sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 146 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bandjoun's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bandjoun's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
10th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:07 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
81%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Bandjoun is Municipality of Cameroon.

Density
116/km²
people per km²
Founded
1570

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 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bandjoun reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Bandjoun weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°20.711.76.3
Feb31° / 17°71.611.85.3
Mar30° / 18°397.9124.8
Apr28° / 18°11120.312.14.4
May26° / 18°1462612.24.1
Jun25° / 17°15826.912.34.0
Jul24° / 17°2402912.33.9
Aug24° / 17°25928.612.23.8
Sep24° / 17°23528.2123.8
Oct25° / 17°18026.911.94.1
Nov26° / 16°439.211.86.5
Dec28° / 16°30.711.77.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bandjoun gets around 146 mm of rain over 26 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 84% and peaks near 89% 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 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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117722
217722
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2808218
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3008416
3108515

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 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:10 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:106:21
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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 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bandjoun

In seasonPeak

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

Bandjoun's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bandjoun sees seasonal dust haze (February–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Bandjoun?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bandjoun for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bandjoun in May

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

In May, Bandjoun sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Bandjoun in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bandjoun peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 24UV 14Dec 20UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Bandjoun 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 Bandjoun is worst in February — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 13105 µg/m³Aug 1422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan85Unhealthy
Feb109Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May34Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov44Poor
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bandjoun?

Bandjoun sits at 5.4°N, 10.4°E, 1,529 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bafoussam, 11 km away.

Topography around Bandjoun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bandjoun has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 1,529 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 922 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,616 m.

The land around Bandjoun is covered by trees (52%), artificial surfaces (23%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
922 m
80 km
2,616 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bafoussam 11 km · Foumbot 28 km · Bangangté 29 km · Mbouda 33 km · Bafang 36 km · Dschang 41 km · Kekem 50 km · Tonga 55 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 Bandjoun (5.3757°, 10.4133°, elevation 1,529 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).