Batouri weather in May

In May, Batouri sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 136 mm of rain across 21.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 14% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Batouri's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Batouri's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 136 mm; 21.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:53 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Batouri is commune of Cameroon.

Density: 9/km²; people per km²

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

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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 Batouri 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 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

How May really feels in Batouri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 20 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Batouri weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 19°	14	3.2	11.8	4.8
Feb	32° / 21°	30	5.4	11.9	4.0
Mar	32° / 22°	114	15.2	12	3.6
Apr	30° / 22°	163	21.4	12.1	3.4
May	29° / 21°	136	21.9	12.2	3.7
Jun	28° / 21°	116	21.1	12.3	4.2
Jul	27° / 21°	128	21.9	12.2	4.5
Aug	27° / 21°	149	23.4	12.1	4.3
Sep	28° / 20°	171	24.8	12	3.9
Oct	28° / 20°	230	27.5	11.9	3.4
Nov	29° / 20°	121	16.5	11.8	4.4
Dec	30° / 19°	23	4.1	11.7	5.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	32
Cloudier (%)	74	74	74	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Batouri gets around 136 mm of rain over 21.9 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 71% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	72
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	43	44	46	47	48	50	51	53	55	56	58	59
Oppressive (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	64	63	62	60	59	57	56	54	53	52	50	49	47	45	44	42	41

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	58	42
31	59	41

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:55	6:04
2	12.2	5:55	6:04
3	12.2	5:55	6:04
4	12.2	5:54	6:04
5	12.2	5:54	6:04
6	12.2	5:54	6:04
7	12.2	5:54	6:04
8	12.2	5:54	6:04
9	12.2	5:54	6:04
10	12.2	5:53	6:04
11	12.2	5:53	6:04
12	12.2	5:53	6:04
13	12.2	5:53	6:05
14	12.2	5:53	6:05
15	12.2	5:53	6:05
16	12.2	5:53	6:05
17	12.2	5:53	6:05
18	12.2	5:53	6:05
19	12.2	5:53	6:05
20	12.2	5:53	6:05
21	12.2	5:53	6:05
22	12.2	5:53	6:05
23	12.2	5:53	6:06
24	12.2	5:53	6:06
25	12.2	5:53	6:06
26	12.2	5:53	6:06
27	12.2	5:53	6:06
28	12.2	5:53	6:06
29	12.2	5:53	6:07
30	12.2	5:53	6:07
31	12.2	5:53	6:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Batouri

In seasonPeak

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

Batouri sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Batouri?

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

5.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Batouri.

What to pack for Batouri in May

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

In May, Batouri sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Batouri 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 Batouri peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	14	14	12	10	11	12	13	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Batouri 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 Batouri is worst in February — around 118 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.9× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	72	118	46	24	15	15	13	11	9	12	18	39
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	72	Unhealthy
Feb	118	Unhealthy
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	24	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Batouri?

Batouri sits at 4.4°N, 14.4°E, 631 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bertoua, 77 km away.

Topography around Batouri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Batouri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 624 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m.

The land around Batouri is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

trees 47%

16 km

172 m

trees 84%

80 km

329 m

trees 77%

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← April Batouri year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Bertoua 77 km · Yokadouma 127 km · Bélabo 131 km · Abba 133 km · Abong Mbang 140 km · Berbérati 159 km · Baboua 160 km · Garoua Boulaï 163 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

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 Batouri (4.4333°, 14.3667°, elevation 631 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	72
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	72
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	72
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	58	42
31	59	41