Tibati weather in May

In May, Tibati sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 286 mm of rain across 27.7 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 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 Tibati's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tibati's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 286 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:57 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Tibati is commune of Cameroon.

Founded: 1821

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tibati reaches about 28°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 26°C and 30°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	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	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	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	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

How May really feels in Tibati

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Tibati 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 18°	0	0.1	11.7	4.4
Feb	34° / 20°	3	0.6	11.8	3.5
Mar	34° / 21°	45	6.8	12	3.2
Apr	30° / 21°	218	21.9	12.1	3.3
May	28° / 21°	286	27.7	12.3	3.4
Jun	27° / 20°	255	27.1	12.4	3.8
Jul	26° / 20°	284	28.5	12.3	3.7
Aug	26° / 20°	294	28.8	12.2	3.6
Sep	27° / 20°	352	28.8	12	3.5
Oct	28° / 20°	312	26.1	11.9	3.7
Nov	31° / 19°	40	5.6	11.7	5.0
Dec	32° / 18°	1	0.3	11.6	4.9

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 15% 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 (%)	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Cloudier (%)	81	81	81	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tibati gets around 286 mm of rain over 27.7 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 89% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	91
31	91

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 86% 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 (%)	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	91	92	92	93	93
Oppressive (%)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	7

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

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)	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 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 6:00 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:17 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	12.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:00	6:13
2	12.2	6:00	6:13
3	12.2	5:59	6:13
4	12.2	5:59	6:13
5	12.2	5:59	6:14
6	12.2	5:59	6:14
7	12.3	5:58	6:14
8	12.3	5:58	6:14
9	12.3	5:58	6:14
10	12.3	5:58	6:14
11	12.3	5:58	6:14
12	12.3	5:57	6:14
13	12.3	5:57	6:14
14	12.3	5:57	6:14
15	12.3	5:57	6:14
16	12.3	5:57	6:15
17	12.3	5:57	6:15
18	12.3	5:57	6:15
19	12.3	5:57	6:15
20	12.3	5:57	6:15
21	12.3	5:57	6:15
22	12.3	5:56	6:15
23	12.3	5:56	6:16
24	12.3	5:56	6:16
25	12.3	5:56	6:16
26	12.3	5:56	6:16
27	12.3	5:56	6:16
28	12.3	5:56	6:17
29	12.3	5:56	6:17
30	12.3	5:56	6:17
31	12.3	5:57	6:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.17 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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
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15	5.2	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tibati

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tibati?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tibati.

What to pack for Tibati in May

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

In May, Tibati sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tibati 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 Tibati peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near February 12 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	9	14	14	12	11	12	12	14	13	11	9
Level	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Tibati 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 Tibati is worst in March — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (August, 11 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)	47	60	65	36	19	16	12	11	11	19	21	42
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	60	Unhealthy
Mar	65	Unhealthy
Apr	36	Poor
May	19	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Tibati?

Tibati sits at 6.5°N, 12.6°E, 871 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Ngaoundal, 71 km away.

Topography around Tibati

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tibati has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 859 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m.

The land around Tibati is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

37 m

grassland 36%

16 km

109 m

trees 55%

80 km

948 m

trees 72%

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

May weather nearby: Ngaoundal 71 km · Banyo 95 km · Ngaoundéré 143 km · Gembu 154 km · Magba 166 km · Meïganga 185 km · Bélabo 186 km · Nanga Eboko 200 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 Tibati (6.465°, 12.6284°, elevation 871 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	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

	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	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

	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	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7