Baboua weather in May

In May, Baboua sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 196 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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 11% 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 Baboua's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baboua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
196 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:49 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
74%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

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 Baboua reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Baboua

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.

Baboua weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°30.711.75.2
Feb32° / 19°142.611.84.3
Mar31° / 21°8512.7123.9
Apr29° / 20°19223.112.13.6
May28° / 20°19625.612.33.9
Jun27° / 19°20126.912.33.9
Jul26° / 19°24227.912.33.8
Aug26° / 19°28028.312.23.7
Sep27° / 19°27327.8123.6
Oct28° / 19°21426.311.93.9
Nov29° / 18°478.211.75.4
Dec31° / 17°40.911.75.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42377
52377
62377
72476
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92575
102674
112773
122872
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Baboua gets around 196 mm of rain over 25.6 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 82% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
180
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1080
1179
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1480
1580
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1781
1881
1982
2082
2183
2283
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2485
2586
2686
2787
2888
2988
3088
3189

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12971
22971
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
82971
92971
102971
111981
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271990
282980
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302980
312980

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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126calm
136calm
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316calm

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 5:52 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:526:04
212.25:526:04
312.25:516:04
412.25:516:04
512.25:516:04
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712.25:506:04
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1312.35:496:04
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.3Bright
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255.3Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Baboua

In seasonPeak

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

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

Baboua sees seasonal dust haze (March), 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 Baboua?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baboua.

What to pack for Baboua in May

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

In May, Baboua sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Baboua 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 Baboua peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 22UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Baboua 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 Baboua is worst in February — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.8× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 1868 µg/m³Sep 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr27Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Baboua?

Baboua sits at 5.8°N, 14.8°E, 968 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Garoua Boulaï, 32 km away.

BouarMeïgangaBaoroCarnotBatouriBocaranga

Topography around Baboua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baboua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 966 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m.

The land around Baboua is covered by shrubs (39%), trees (33%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
279 m
80 km
649 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Garoua Boulaï 32 km · Abba 63 km · Bouar 86 km · Meïganga 99 km · Baoro 127 km · Carnot 150 km · Batouri 160 km · Bocaranga 160 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$556
2025
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
20.1
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
37.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank

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 Baboua (5.7957°, 14.828°, elevation 968 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).