Bobangui weather in May

In May, Bobangui sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 120 mm of rain across 19.4 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bobangui's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bobangui's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
19.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:38 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover
66%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Bobangui is place in Lobaye, 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bobangui reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Bobangui

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.

Bobangui 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°132.311.84.3
Feb34° / 21°30511.93.5
Mar33° / 22°9714.9123.1
Apr32° / 22°12717.812.13.3
May31° / 22°12019.412.23.6
Jun30° / 21°12020.312.23.8
Jul29° / 21°15623.812.23.8
Aug29° / 21°21426.912.13.4
Sep29° / 21°21925.8123.3
Oct29° / 21°20826.311.93.3
Nov30° / 21°10115.311.84.1
Dec32° / 20°183.811.84.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43664
53763
63763
73862
83862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bobangui gets around 120 mm of rain over 19.4 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 63% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
162
262
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662
761
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1261
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1462
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1663
1763
1863
1964
2064
2164
2265
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2465
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2666
2767
2867
2967
3067
3167

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
24951
34951
44951
54951
64951
74942
84942
94942
103952
113952
123952
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244951
254960
264960
274960
284960
294960
305950
315950

Wind in May

Winds average 5 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 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 5:41 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:415:49
212.15:405:49
312.15:405:49
412.15:405:49
512.25:405:49
612.25:405:49
712.25:395:49
812.25:395:49
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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 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
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275.3Bright
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295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bobangui

In seasonPeak

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

Bobangui's rainy season runs April–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 Bobangui?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bobangui.

What to pack for Bobangui in May

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

In May, Bobangui sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bobangui 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 Bobangui peaks around March 19 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bobangui 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 Bobangui is worst in February — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.7× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1361 µg/m³Sep 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb63Unhealthy
Mar43Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov20Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bobangui?

Bobangui sits at 4.0°N, 18.1°E, 372 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Mbaïki, 25 km away.

BoaliMindouli

Topography around Bobangui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bobangui has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 m.

The land around Bobangui is covered by trees (68%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
318 m
80 km
404 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Mbaïki 25 km · Bimbo 40 km · Bangui 60 km · Zongo 62 km · Bégoua 65 km · Libenge 73 km · Boali 83 km · Mindouli 114 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 Bobangui (4.05°, 18.1167°, elevation 372 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).