Meïganga weather in May

In May, Meïganga sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 198 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 5% 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 Meïganga's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meïganga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
198 mm
27.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:50 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
77%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Meïganga is commune of Cameroon.

Density
9/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 Meïganga reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°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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How May really feels in Meïganga

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.

Meïganga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 17°10.211.75.1
Feb33° / 19°30.911.84.2
Mar33° / 21°417.6123.8
Apr30° / 20°16321.612.13.5
May28° / 20°19827.212.33.6
Jun27° / 19°19127.212.43.8
Jul26° / 19°24428.712.33.7
Aug26° / 19°28229.212.23.6
Sep27° / 19°24528.3123.6
Oct28° / 19°1812511.94.0
Nov30° / 18°245.911.75.3
Dec31° / 17°10.311.65.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21981
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122278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Meïganga gets around 198 mm of rain over 27.2 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 88% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2992
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3191

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14951
24951
34951
44951
54951
64951
74951
83961
93961
103961
113961
123961
132971
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202971
212971
222971
232971
242971
252971
262980
272980
282980
293970
303970
313970

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.

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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 5:53 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:536:07
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312.25:536:07
412.25:526:07
512.25:526:07
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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 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 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
15.3Bright
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225.1Bright
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255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Meïganga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Meïganga sees seasonal dust haze (March–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 Meïganga?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Meïganga.

What to pack for Meïganga in May

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

In May, Meïganga sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Meïganga 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 Meïganga peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highMar 23UV 14Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Meïganga 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 Meïganga is worst in March — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.1× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 1365 µg/m³Aug 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan41Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr31Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Meïganga?

Meïganga sits at 6.5°N, 14.3°E, 970 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Garoua Boulaï, 76 km away.

Garoua BoulaïBabouaNgaoundalNgaoundéréBocarangaBouarAbbaTouboro

Topography around Meïganga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meïganga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 995 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m.

The land around Meïganga is covered by shrubs (36%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
1,044 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Garoua Boulaï 76 km · Baboua 99 km · Ngaoundal 114 km · Ngaoundéré 120 km · Bocaranga 157 km · Bouar 157 km · Abba 162 km · Touboro 182 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 Meïganga (6.5167°, 14.3°, elevation 970 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).