Foumban weather in May

In May, Foumban sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 185 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Foumban's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Foumban's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
185 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:05 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Foumban is commune of Cameroon.

Density
312/km²
people per km²

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Foumban reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Foumban

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.

Foumban weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°10.511.74.9
Feb33° / 19°91.511.83.9
Mar33° / 21°527.8123.7
Apr30° / 20°14019.912.13.7
May28° / 20°1852612.33.7
Jun27° / 19°18825.612.34.0
Jul26° / 19°27028.812.33.7
Aug26° / 19°3112912.23.6
Sep26° / 19°25027.9123.7
Oct27° / 19°2002611.94.0
Nov29° / 18°48811.75.8
Dec31° / 18°30.411.75.9

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 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31783
41882
51882
61882
71882
81783
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101882
111882
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Foumban gets around 185 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 83% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
179
279
380
480
581
681
782
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982
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1384
1484
1585
1685
1786
1886
1986
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2186
2286
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2485
2585
2684
2784
2884
2983
3083
3182

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13943
23943
33943
42944
52944
62944
72953
82953
92953
102953
111963
121963
131963
141963
151963
161963
171972
180982
190982
201972
211972
221972
231972
241972
251972
261972
271972
281972
291981
301981
311981

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 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:08 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:086:20
212.26:076:20
312.26:076:20
412.26:076:20
512.26:076:20
612.26:066:20
712.26:066:20
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912.26:066:20
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1212.26:056:20
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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 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Foumban

In seasonPeak

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

Foumban's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Foumban?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Foumban.

What to pack for Foumban in May

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

In May, Foumban sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Foumban 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 Foumban peaks around April 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 10UV 14Dec 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Foumban 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 Foumban is worst in February — around 230 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 13.1× the cleanest month (September, 18 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyFeb 15213 µg/m³Sep 918 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan94Unhealthy
Feb230Very unhealthy
Mar105Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May26Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec73Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Foumban?

Foumban sits at 5.7°N, 10.9°E, 1,179 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Foumbot, 38 km away.

MboudaBangangté

Topography around Foumban

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Foumban has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 1,141 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 730 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,428 m.

The land around Foumban is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), grassland (34%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
730 m
80 km
2,428 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Foumbot 38 km · Magba 43 km · Kumbo 59 km · Ndop 59 km · Bafoussam 60 km · Bandjoun 66 km · Mbouda 72 km · Bangangté 77 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 Foumban (5.7266°, 10.8986°, elevation 1,179 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).