Bocaranga weather in May

In May, Bocaranga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 104 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bocaranga's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bocaranga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:44 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
69%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Bocaranga is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bocaranga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Bocaranga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 12 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
12
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.

Bocaranga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°0011.65.6
Feb33° / 19°10.311.84.3
Mar34° / 22°133.3123.2
Apr33° / 22°641212.13.3
May30° / 21°10417.712.33.9
Jun29° / 20°1532212.44.0
Jul27° / 19°26727.812.43.8
Aug27° / 19°31629.312.23.6
Sep28° / 19°20625.9123.8
Oct29° / 19°10017.811.84.5
Nov31° / 19°92.411.75.3
Dec31° / 17°00.111.65.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23268
33367
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53367
63367
73466
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103664
113763
123862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bocaranga gets around 104 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
150
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553
653
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854
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1455
1555
1656
1756
1857
1957
2057
2158
2259
2360
2461
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2663
2764
2865
2966
3066
3167

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
122672
222573
322474
412475
512376
612277
712277
812277
902179
1002179
1102080
1202080
1302080
1401981
1501981
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1701981
1801981
1901981
2001981
2101981
2201981
2301882
2401882
2501882
2601783
2701783
2801684
2901684
3001684
3101585

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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68calm
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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 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:476:02
212.25:476:02
312.35:476:02
412.35:476:02
512.35:466:02
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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 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.72 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 Bocaranga

In seasonPeak

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

Bocaranga's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bocaranga 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 Bocaranga?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bocaranga.

What to pack for Bocaranga in May

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

In May, Bocaranga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bocaranga 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 Bocaranga peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 21UV 14Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bocaranga 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 Bocaranga is worst in March — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.5× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateMar 1451 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr29Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bocaranga?

Bocaranga sits at 7.0°N, 15.6°E, 1,078 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Touboro, 93 km away.

TouboroPaouaBozoumBouarBaoroMeïgangaBabouaGaroua Boulaï

Topography around Bocaranga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bocaranga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m around an average of 1,064 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 922 m.

The land around Bocaranga is covered by shrubs (46%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (44%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and shrubs (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
275 m
16 km
560 m
80 km
922 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Touboro 93 km · Paoua 93 km · Bozoum 110 km · Bouar 117 km · Baoro 151 km · Meïganga 157 km · Baboua 160 km · Garoua Boulaï 172 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 Bocaranga (6.9853°, 15.6406°, elevation 1,078 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).