Bossangoa weather in May

In May, Bossangoa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 102 mm of rain across 16 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 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. 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 Bossangoa's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bossangoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 16 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:38 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Bossangoa is city.

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 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bossangoa reaches about 33°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 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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)	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Bossangoa

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.

Bossangoa 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	34° / 19°	0	0	11.7	3.5
Feb	36° / 22°	3	0.8	11.8	2.3
Mar	36° / 24°	25	6.6	12	1.9
Apr	35° / 24°	70	12.6	12.1	2.4
May	33° / 23°	102	16	12.3	3.1
Jun	31° / 23°	107	18.5	12.4	3.6
Jul	29° / 22°	178	24.4	12.3	3.5
Aug	29° / 21°	232	27.4	12.2	3.2
Sep	30° / 21°	200	25.8	12	3.1
Oct	31° / 22°	151	22.2	11.9	3.3
Nov	33° / 21°	26	5.2	11.7	3.9
Dec	34° / 19°	1	0.3	11.6	3.8

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

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bossangoa gets around 102 mm of rain over 16 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 51% and peaks near 57% 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 (%)	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	57	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	50
8	50
9	50
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	52
24	53
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	57
31	57

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 66% 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 (%)	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33
Oppressive (%)	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	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	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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30	7	calm
31	7	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 5:41 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 5:58 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	12.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	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
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:41	5:54
2	12.2	5:40	5:54
3	12.2	5:40	5:54
4	12.2	5:40	5:54
5	12.2	5:40	5:54
6	12.2	5:39	5:54
7	12.3	5:39	5:54
8	12.3	5:39	5:54
9	12.3	5:39	5:55
10	12.3	5:38	5:55
11	12.3	5:38	5:55
12	12.3	5:38	5:55
13	12.3	5:38	5:55
14	12.3	5:38	5:55
15	12.3	5:38	5:55
16	12.3	5:38	5:55
17	12.3	5:37	5:55
18	12.3	5:37	5:56
19	12.3	5:37	5:56
20	12.3	5:37	5:56
21	12.3	5:37	5:56
22	12.3	5:37	5:56
23	12.3	5:37	5:56
24	12.3	5:37	5:57
25	12.3	5:37	5:57
26	12.3	5:37	5:57
27	12.3	5:37	5:57
28	12.3	5:37	5:57
29	12.3	5:37	5:58
30	12.3	5:37	5:58
31	12.3	5:37	5:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.8 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	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	5.6	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	6.0	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	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bossangoa

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bossangoa?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bossangoa.

What to pack for Bossangoa in May

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

In May, Bossangoa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

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UV index in Bossangoa 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 Bossangoa peaks around March 21 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	14	11	10	10	12	13	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Bossangoa 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 Bossangoa is worst in January — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.5× the cleanest month (September, 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)	53	53	43	26	17	17	14	12	12	16	24	39
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bossangoa?

Bossangoa sits at 6.5°N, 17.5°E, 456 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bouca, 91 km away.

Topography around Bossangoa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bossangoa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 466 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m.

The land around Bossangoa is covered by grassland (33%) and shrubs (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (43%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 33%

16 km

143 m

shrubs 43%

80 km

338 m

trees 76%

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

May weather nearby: Bouca 91 km · Bozoum 120 km · Batangafo 128 km · Yaloké 136 km · Bossembélé 138 km · Paoua 140 km · Dekoa 180 km · Kabo 186 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 Bossangoa (6.4926°, 17.4552°, elevation 456 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	34	24
2	34	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	50
8	50
9	50
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	52
24	53
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	50
8	50
9	50
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	52
24	53
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	50
8	50
9	50
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	52
24	53
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67