Magba weather in May

In May, Magba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 213 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Magba's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Magba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 213 mm; 26.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:03 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Magba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 22 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.

Magba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-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	34° / 20°	0	0.1	11.7	3.8
Feb	35° / 21°	8	1.3	11.8	2.8
Mar	35° / 22°	49	8	12	2.7
Apr	31° / 22°	159	21.1	12.1	3.0
May	30° / 22°	213	26.8	12.3	3.1
Jun	28° / 21°	192	25.9	12.3	3.6
Jul	27° / 21°	227	27.9	12.3	3.7
Aug	27° / 21°	248	28.1	12.2	3.6
Sep	28° / 21°	223	27.5	12	3.6
Oct	28° / 21°	252	27.2	11.9	3.5
Nov	30° / 20°	64	8.4	11.7	4.9
Dec	32° / 19°	3	0.6	11.7	4.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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%.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	83	83	83	82	83	83	83	83	82	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Magba gets around 213 mm of rain over 26.8 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 86% and peaks near 89% 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 (%)	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

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 66% 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 (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	45	47
Oppressive (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	61	60	59	57	56	55	53

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	47	53

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
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:06 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:22 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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:06	6:19
2	12.2	6:06	6:19
3	12.2	6:06	6:19
4	12.2	6:05	6:19
5	12.2	6:05	6:19
6	12.2	6:05	6:19
7	12.2	6:05	6:19
8	12.2	6:04	6:19
9	12.2	6:04	6:19
10	12.2	6:04	6:19
11	12.3	6:04	6:19
12	12.3	6:04	6:19
13	12.3	6:04	6:19
14	12.3	6:04	6:19
15	12.3	6:03	6:19
16	12.3	6:03	6:19
17	12.3	6:03	6:20
18	12.3	6:03	6:20
19	12.3	6:03	6:20
20	12.3	6:03	6:20
21	12.3	6:03	6:20
22	12.3	6:03	6:20
23	12.3	6:03	6:21
24	12.3	6:03	6:21
25	12.3	6:03	6:21
26	12.3	6:03	6:21
27	12.3	6:03	6:21
28	12.3	6:03	6:21
29	12.3	6:03	6:22
30	12.3	6:03	6:22
31	12.3	6:03	6:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.06 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	5.2	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	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	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	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	4.9	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 Magba

In seasonPeak

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

Magba's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Magba?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Magba.

What to pack for Magba in May

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

In May, Magba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Magba 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 Magba peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	10	14	14	13	11	12	12	13	13	11	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Magba 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 Magba 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	94	230	105	47	26	22	18	18	18	26	35	73
Level	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	94	Unhealthy
Feb	230	Very unhealthy
Mar	105	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	26	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	35	Moderate
Dec	73	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Magba?

Magba sits at 6.0°N, 11.2°E, 720 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Foumban, 43 km away.

Topography around Magba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Magba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m around an average of 727 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 457 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,155 m.

The land around Magba is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

244 m

trees 55%

16 km

457 m

trees 53%

80 km

2,155 m

trees 56%

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

May weather nearby: Foumban 43 km · Kumbo 67 km · Foumbot 81 km · Ndop 86 km · Gembu 86 km · Oku 93 km · Nkambe 97 km · Bafoussam 103 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 Magba (5.95°, 11.2167°, elevation 720 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	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	47	53

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	47	53

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	47	53