Batangafo weather in May

In May, Batangafo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 103 mm of rain across 15.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Batangafo's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Batangafo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 103 mm; 15.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:33 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Batangafo is place in Ouham, Central African Republic.

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Batangafo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	24
14	34	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

How May really feels in Batangafo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Batangafo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 20°	0	0.1	11.6	3.0
Feb	37° / 22°	2	0.5	11.8	1.7
Mar	38° / 25°	20	4.7	12	1.3
Apr	36° / 25°	61	10.6	12.2	2.0
May	33° / 24°	103	15.8	12.3	2.9
Jun	31° / 23°	119	17.8	12.4	3.5
Jul	30° / 22°	198	24.6	12.4	3.3
Aug	29° / 22°	246	27.3	12.2	3.1
Sep	30° / 22°	205	25.2	12	3.0
Oct	31° / 22°	155	21.5	11.8	3.1
Nov	34° / 21°	20	3.8	11.7	3.5
Dec	35° / 20°	1	0.2	11.6	3.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

	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 (%)	39	38	38	38	39	41	41	41	41	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	43
Cloudier (%)	61	62	62	62	61	59	59	59	59	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Batangafo gets around 103 mm of rain over 15.8 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 50% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	44	45	46	46	47	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	55

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 80% 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 (%)	33	32	30	29	28	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Oppressive (%)	67	68	70	71	72	74	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	14	86
31	14	86

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 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 5:36 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:56 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)	12.3	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:36	5:52
2	12.3	5:36	5:52
3	12.3	5:36	5:52
4	12.3	5:36	5:52
5	12.3	5:35	5:52
6	12.3	5:35	5:52
7	12.3	5:35	5:52
8	12.3	5:35	5:52
9	12.3	5:34	5:52
10	12.3	5:34	5:52
11	12.3	5:34	5:52
12	12.3	5:34	5:53
13	12.3	5:34	5:53
14	12.3	5:33	5:53
15	12.3	5:33	5:53
16	12.3	5:33	5:53
17	12.3	5:33	5:53
18	12.3	5:33	5:53
19	12.3	5:33	5:54
20	12.3	5:33	5:54
21	12.4	5:33	5:54
22	12.4	5:33	5:54
23	12.4	5:33	5:54
24	12.4	5:33	5:54
25	12.4	5:32	5:55
26	12.4	5:32	5:55
27	12.4	5:32	5:55
28	12.4	5:32	5:55
29	12.4	5:32	5:56
30	12.4	5:33	5:56
31	12.4	5:33	5:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.76 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)	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	6.0	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
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14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
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17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Batangafo

In seasonPeak

None of Batangafo's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Batangafo's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Batangafo sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Batangafo?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Batangafo.

What to pack for Batangafo in May

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

In May, Batangafo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Batangafo 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 Batangafo peaks around March 20 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	13	10	11	11	12	12	13	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Batangafo 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 Batangafo is worst in January — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.7× the cleanest month (August, 12 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)	46	40	41	25	16	17	13	12	13	18	23	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	25	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Batangafo?

Batangafo sits at 7.3°N, 18.3°E, 425 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Kabo, 58 km away.

Topography around Batangafo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Batangafo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 413 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Batangafo is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

grassland 50%

16 km

119 m

trees 47%

80 km

241 m

trees 80%

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

May weather nearby: Kabo 58 km · Bouca 88 km · Kaga-Bandoro 106 km · Bossangoa 128 km · Moïssala 129 km · Dekoa 140 km · Bédiondo 191 km · Sibut 196 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 Batangafo (7.3008°, 18.2833°, elevation 425 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	35	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	24
14	34	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	24
14	34	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	24
14	34	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	54
28	54
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	14	86
31	14	86