Lolodorf weather in May

In May, Lolodorf sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 275 mm of rain across 29.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-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 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Lolodorf's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lolodorf's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 275 mm; 29.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:09 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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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 Lolodorf 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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	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
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17	29	21
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19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

How May really feels in Lolodorf

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 16 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.

Lolodorf weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	106	21.5	11.8	4.0
Feb	29° / 21°	123	21.6	11.9	3.5
Mar	29° / 21°	239	28.1	12	3.0
Apr	29° / 21°	270	28.3	12.1	2.9
May	29° / 21°	275	29.7	12.1	3.0
Jun	27° / 21°	243	28.4	12.2	3.5
Jul	26° / 20°	182	27.7	12.2	3.7
Aug	26° / 20°	178	29	12.1	3.6
Sep	27° / 21°	272	29.5	12	3.3
Oct	27° / 21°	360	30.7	11.9	3.2
Nov	28° / 21°	321	29	11.9	3.1
Dec	29° / 21°	156	25.3	11.8	3.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lolodorf gets around 275 mm of rain over 29.7 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 96% and peaks near 97% 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 (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

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 95% 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 (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12
Oppressive (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	88	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

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 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
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10	4	calm
11	4	calm
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15	4	calm
16	4	calm
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28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:11 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:20 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	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)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:11	6:18
2	12.1	6:11	6:18
3	12.1	6:11	6:18
4	12.1	6:10	6:17
5	12.1	6:10	6:17
6	12.1	6:10	6:17
7	12.1	6:10	6:17
8	12.1	6:10	6:17
9	12.1	6:10	6:17
10	12.1	6:09	6:17
11	12.1	6:09	6:17
12	12.1	6:09	6:17
13	12.1	6:09	6:18
14	12.1	6:09	6:18
15	12.1	6:09	6:18
16	12.1	6:09	6:18
17	12.1	6:09	6:18
18	12.2	6:09	6:18
19	12.2	6:09	6:18
20	12.2	6:09	6:18
21	12.2	6:09	6:18
22	12.2	6:09	6:18
23	12.2	6:09	6:18
24	12.2	6:09	6:19
25	12.2	6:09	6:19
26	12.2	6:09	6:19
27	12.2	6:09	6:19
28	12.2	6:09	6:19
29	12.2	6:09	6:19
30	12.2	6:09	6:19
31	12.2	6:09	6:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.48 kWh/m² to a high of 4.71 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.26 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)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lolodorf

In seasonPeak

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

Lolodorf sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Lolodorf?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lolodorf.

What to pack for Lolodorf in May

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

In May, Lolodorf sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Lolodorf 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 Lolodorf peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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)	10	11	14	14	13	11	11	11	13	13	11	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Lolodorf 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 Lolodorf is worst in February — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.0× 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)	44	53	32	23	16	16	16	13	9	11	16	35
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	35	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lolodorf?

Lolodorf sits at 3.2°N, 10.7°E, 467 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Eséka, 46 km away.

Topography around Lolodorf

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lolodorf has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m around an average of 485 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,079 m.

The land around Lolodorf is covered by trees (97%) within 3 km, trees (100%) within 16 km, and trees (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

319 m

trees 97%

16 km

767 m

trees 100%

80 km

1,079 m

trees 100%

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

May weather nearby: Eséka 46 km · Makak 48 km · Ébolowa 59 km · Mbalmayo 91 km · Edéa 92 km · Kribi 97 km · Dizangué 102 km · Yaoundé 112 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 Lolodorf (3.2333°, 10.7333°, elevation 467 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	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	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	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	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	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	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	7	93
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88