Yagoua weather in May

In May, Yagoua sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 43 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yagoua's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yagoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:41 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
57%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Yagoua is commune of Cameroon.

Density
78/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yagoua reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Yagoua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yagoua weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 18°0011.53.8
Feb37° / 21°0011.71.9
Mar40° / 25°10.211.90.1
Apr40° / 27°103.112.20.1
May38° / 27°439.112.51.2
Jun34° / 25°6211.412.62.7
Jul32° / 24°12819.512.53.2
Aug30° / 23°20723.312.33.3
Sep31° / 23°11517.712.13.4
Oct34° / 23°356.611.83.1
Nov36° / 21°00.111.52.6
Dec34° / 18°0011.43.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35149
45248
55347
65347
75446
85446
95545
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115545
125644
135743
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yagoua gets around 43 mm of rain over 9.1 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 30% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
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525
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1025
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3038
3138

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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1146244213
2136234414
3125224515
4125214616
5115214617
6105204718
795204819
884204819
974194920
1064195021
1154195022
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1343185223
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1533175225
1623165326
1722155427
1812145429
1912135331
2012135133
2112125035
2211105137
230194940
240184843
250184645
260174547
270164350
280054253
290054055
300043858
310043759

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:456:07
212.45:456:07
312.45:456:07
412.45:446:07
512.45:446:08
612.45:446:08
712.45:436:08
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1012.45:436:08
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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 6.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.4Intense
36.4Intense
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246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yagoua

In seasonPeak

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

Yagoua's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Yagoua sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Yagoua?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yagoua.

What to pack for Yagoua in May

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

In May, Yagoua sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Yagoua in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yagoua peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Yagoua 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 Yagoua is worst in March — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorUnhealthyMar 985 µg/m³Jul 1918 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May31Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct35Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec65Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yagoua?

Yagoua sits at 10.3°N, 15.2°E, 336 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bongor, 17 km away.

GuelendengBogoGounou GayaKaélé

Topography around Yagoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yagoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 329 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m.

The land around Yagoua is covered by cropland (36%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
32 m
80 km
337 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bongor 17 km · Fianga 49 km · Guidiguis 62 km · Maga 64 km · Guelendeng 73 km · Bogo 81 km · Gounou Gaya 85 km · Kaélé 89 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 Yagoua (10.3411°, 15.2329°, elevation 336 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).