Bangassou weather in May

In May, Bangassou sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 141 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 12% 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 Bangassou's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bangassou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
141 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:19 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
71%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Bangassou is city in Central African Republic.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bangassou 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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Bangassou

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Bangassou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°112.211.83.9
Feb34° / 21°265.411.83.1
Mar33° / 22°9414.4123.0
Apr31° / 22°14319.812.13.2
May30° / 22°14122.512.23.5
Jun29° / 21°11821.312.33.8
Jul29° / 21°13423.512.23.9
Aug28° / 21°16525.412.23.6
Sep29° / 21°16425.5123.4
Oct29° / 21°18626.611.93.4
Nov30° / 21°9214.911.84.3
Dec32° / 20°173.711.74.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32971
43070
53169
63268
73268
83367
93466
103466
113466
123466
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223169
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313169

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bangassou gets around 141 mm of rain over 22.5 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 73% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
167
267
368
468
569
669
770
870
971
1071
1172
1273
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1474
1574
1674
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2175
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2475
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2675
2775
2874
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3074
3173

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13961
23961
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52971
62971
72971
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102971
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282962
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312971

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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
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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 5:21 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:215:31
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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 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bangassou

In seasonPeak

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

Bangassou's rainy season runs March–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bangassou?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bangassou.

What to pack for Bangassou in May

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

In May, Bangassou sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bangassou 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 Bangassou peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bangassou 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 Bangassou is worst in February — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.1× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 10100 µg/m³Sep 219 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan93Unhealthy
Feb102Unhealthy
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr19Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov18Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bangassou?

Bangassou sits at 4.7°N, 22.8°E, 506 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bondo, 141 km away.

BondoAlindaoGbadoliteBriaIppyAketiZemioBambari

Topography around Bangassou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bangassou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 503 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m.

The land around Bangassou is covered by grassland (49%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
363 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bondo 141 km · Alindao 181 km · Gbadolite 208 km · Bria 220 km · Ippy 245 km · Aketi 247 km · Zemio 259 km · Bambari 263 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 Bangassou (4.7413°, 22.8184°, elevation 506 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).