Bertoua weather in May

In May, Bertoua sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 140 mm of rain across 22.3 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 12% 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 Bertoua's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bertoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 140 mm; 22.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:55 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Bertoua is commune of Cameroon.

Density: 1,380/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1927

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 Bertoua 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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	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	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	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 Bertoua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 7 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.

Bertoua 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	31° / 19°	13	3.1	11.8	5.0
Feb	32° / 21°	27	5.1	11.9	4.1
Mar	32° / 22°	105	14.1	12	3.7
Apr	30° / 21°	160	21.4	12.1	3.5
May	29° / 21°	140	22.3	12.2	3.8
Jun	28° / 21°	115	21.1	12.3	4.4
Jul	27° / 20°	129	22.1	12.2	4.5
Aug	27° / 20°	144	23	12.1	4.3
Sep	28° / 20°	166	24.5	12	4.0
Oct	28° / 20°	223	27.6	11.9	3.6
Nov	29° / 20°	130	16.7	11.8	4.5
Dec	30° / 19°	25	4.2	11.7	5.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 71%.

	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 (%)	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	73	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bertoua gets around 140 mm of rain over 22.3 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 72% and peaks near 74% 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 (%)	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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 51% 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 (%)	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	48	50	51	53	55	57	59	61	63	65	67	69	70
Oppressive (%)	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	57	56	55	54	52	50	49	47	45	43	41	39	37	35	33	31	30

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	46	54
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	63	37
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	69	31
31	70	30

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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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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 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 5:58 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:10 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)	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:58	6:07
2	12.2	5:57	6:07
3	12.2	5:57	6:07
4	12.2	5:57	6:07
5	12.2	5:57	6:07
6	12.2	5:57	6:07
7	12.2	5:56	6:07
8	12.2	5:56	6:07
9	12.2	5:56	6:07
10	12.2	5:56	6:07
11	12.2	5:56	6:07
12	12.2	5:56	6:07
13	12.2	5:56	6:07
14	12.2	5:55	6:08
15	12.2	5:55	6:08
16	12.2	5:55	6:08
17	12.2	5:55	6:08
18	12.2	5:55	6:08
19	12.2	5:55	6:08
20	12.2	5:55	6:08
21	12.2	5:55	6:08
22	12.2	5:55	6:08
23	12.2	5:55	6:09
24	12.2	5:55	6:09
25	12.2	5:55	6:09
26	12.2	5:55	6:09
27	12.2	5:55	6:09
28	12.2	5:55	6:09
29	12.2	5:55	6:10
30	12.2	5:55	6:10
31	12.2	5:55	6:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.08 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bertoua

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Bertoua?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bertoua.

What to pack for Bertoua in May

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

In May, Bertoua 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 Bertoua 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 Bertoua peaks around March 22 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	Extreme	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	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bertoua 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 Bertoua is worst in February — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.8× 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)	54	96	48	26	15	15	13	11	9	12	17	33
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	96	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bertoua?

Bertoua sits at 4.6°N, 13.7°E, 665 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bélabo, 58 km away.

Topography around Bertoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bertoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 654 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m.

The land around Bertoua is covered by artificial surfaces (54%), trees (23%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

216 m

trees 64%

80 km

322 m

trees 87%

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

May weather nearby: Bélabo 58 km · Batouri 77 km · Abong Mbang 86 km · Nanga Eboko 147 km · Garoua Boulaï 174 km · Akonolinga 183 km · Abba 183 km · Nkoteng 183 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 Bertoua (4.5773°, 13.6846°, elevation 665 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	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	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	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	46	54
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	63	37
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	69	31
31	70	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	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	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	46	54
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	63	37
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	69	31
31	70	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	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	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	46	54
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	63	37
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	69	31
31	70	30