Boali weather in May

In May, Boali sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 102 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Boali's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boali's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 16.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:37 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Boali is human settlement.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Boali reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
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13	32	23
14	32	23
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20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
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24	32	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Boali

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.

Boali weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-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	34° / 20°	8	1.5	11.8	3.5
Feb	35° / 22°	17	3.8	11.8	2.8
Mar	34° / 24°	73	12	12	2.8
Apr	33° / 23°	107	15.3	12.1	3.1
May	32° / 23°	102	16.6	12.2	3.5
Jun	31° / 23°	83	15.2	12.3	4.0
Jul	30° / 22°	112	19.5	12.3	3.9
Aug	29° / 22°	163	23.6	12.2	3.5
Sep	30° / 22°	175	24.3	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 22°	189	25.1	11.9	3.1
Nov	32° / 22°	83	13.1	11.8	3.8
Dec	33° / 21°	11	1.9	11.7	4.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% 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	39	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	46	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	41	41	40	39	40	40
Cloudier (%)	61	61	60	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	55	56	57	57	58	59	59	59	60	61	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
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21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Boali gets around 102 mm of rain over 16.6 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 54% and peaks near 56% 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 (%)	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	53
18	53
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20	53
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30	51
31	51

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 92% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12
Oppressive (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

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 7 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)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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31	5	calm

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 5:40 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:53 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:40	5:50
2	12.2	5:39	5:50
3	12.2	5:39	5:50
4	12.2	5:39	5:50
5	12.2	5:39	5:50
6	12.2	5:39	5:50
7	12.2	5:38	5:50
8	12.2	5:38	5:50
9	12.2	5:38	5:50
10	12.2	5:38	5:50
11	12.2	5:38	5:50
12	12.2	5:38	5:50
13	12.2	5:38	5:50
14	12.2	5:37	5:50
15	12.2	5:37	5:50
16	12.2	5:37	5:50
17	12.2	5:37	5:50
18	12.2	5:37	5:50
19	12.2	5:37	5:51
20	12.2	5:37	5:51
21	12.2	5:37	5:51
22	12.2	5:37	5:51
23	12.2	5:37	5:51
24	12.2	5:37	5:51
25	12.2	5:37	5:51
26	12.2	5:37	5:52
27	12.2	5:37	5:52
28	12.2	5:37	5:52
29	12.3	5:37	5:52
30	12.3	5:37	5:52
31	12.3	5:37	5:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.61 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)	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
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23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Boali

In seasonPeak

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

Boali's rainy season runs July–October, 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 Boali?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boali.

What to pack for Boali in May

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

In May, Boali sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boali in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boali peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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	12	14	13	11	10	10	13	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Boali 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 Boali is worst in January — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.9× the cleanest month (September, 10 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)	79	62	39	23	15	18	16	12	10	13	26	74
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	79	Unhealthy
Feb	62	Unhealthy
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	23	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	74	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Boali?

Boali sits at 4.8°N, 18.1°E, 379 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bégoua, 59 km away.

Topography around Boali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Boali is covered by shrubs (37%), grassland (35%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

shrubs 37%

16 km

353 m

trees 66%

80 km

412 m

trees 73%

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

May weather nearby: Bégoua 59 km · Bangui 68 km · Bimbo 68 km · Zongo 73 km · Bossembélé 74 km · Bobangui 83 km · Mbaïki 105 km · Yaloké 127 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 Boali (4.8005°, 18.1275°, elevation 379 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	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	51

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	51

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	52
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	51

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88