Bouca weather in May

In May, Bouca sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 105 mm of rain across 16.4 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 Bouca's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bouca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 105 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:34 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Bouca is human settlement in Ouham Prefecture, 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 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bouca 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 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31
Avg low (°C)	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	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
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12	33	24
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24	32	23
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26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Bouca

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.

Bouca 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° / 19°	1	0.2	11.7	3.4
Feb	36° / 22°	4	1.2	11.8	2.2
Mar	36° / 24°	34	8.3	12	1.9
Apr	34° / 24°	77	13.1	12.1	2.5
May	32° / 23°	105	16.4	12.3	3.2
Jun	31° / 22°	116	18.7	12.4	3.6
Jul	29° / 22°	189	25.3	12.3	3.4
Aug	29° / 21°	228	27.3	12.2	3.3
Sep	30° / 21°	199	25.6	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 22°	177	24	11.9	3.2
Nov	33° / 21°	38	6.5	11.7	3.9
Dec	34° / 19°	2	0.4	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 59%.

	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 (%)	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	43	43	43	44	44	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	42	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	57	57	57	56	56	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	58	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	44	56
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20	43	57
21	43	57
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24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bouca gets around 105 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% 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 (%)	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	57	57	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	52
11	52
12	52
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27	56
28	56
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 75% 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 (%)	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22
Oppressive (%)	69	70	71	72	73	74	74	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	22	78

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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:37 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:55 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	12.3	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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:37	5:51
2	12.2	5:37	5:51
3	12.2	5:37	5:51
4	12.2	5:37	5:51
5	12.2	5:36	5:51
6	12.3	5:36	5:51
7	12.3	5:36	5:51
8	12.3	5:36	5:51
9	12.3	5:35	5:51
10	12.3	5:35	5:51
11	12.3	5:35	5:51
12	12.3	5:35	5:52
13	12.3	5:35	5:52
14	12.3	5:35	5:52
15	12.3	5:34	5:52
16	12.3	5:34	5:52
17	12.3	5:34	5:52
18	12.3	5:34	5:52
19	12.3	5:34	5:52
20	12.3	5:34	5:53
21	12.3	5:34	5:53
22	12.3	5:34	5:53
23	12.3	5:34	5:53
24	12.3	5:34	5:53
25	12.3	5:34	5:53
26	12.3	5:34	5:54
27	12.3	5:34	5:54
28	12.3	5:34	5:54
29	12.3	5:34	5:54
30	12.3	5:34	5:54
31	12.3	5:34	5:55

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.73 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
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3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
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25	5.6	Bright
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27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bouca

In seasonPeak

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

Bouca's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

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Mar

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Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bouca?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bouca.

What to pack for Bouca in May

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

In May, Bouca sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bouca 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 Bouca 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	13	10	10	10	12	13	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Bouca 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 Bouca is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.9× the cleanest month (September, 11 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)	56	99	45	25	16	17	13	12	11	15	22	33
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	56	Unhealthy
Feb	99	Unhealthy
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	25	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bouca?

Bouca sits at 6.5°N, 18.3°E, 463 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Batangafo, 88 km away.

Topography around Bouca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bouca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 459 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m.

The land around Bouca is covered by shrubs (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

112 m

shrubs 49%

80 km

291 m

trees 83%

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

May weather nearby: Batangafo 88 km · Bossangoa 91 km · Dekoa 91 km · Kaga-Bandoro 114 km · Sibut 124 km · Kabo 138 km · Bossembélé 154 km · Yaloké 185 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 Bouca (6.5073°, 18.2767°, elevation 463 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	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
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5	33	24
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24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	52
11	52
12	52
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	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	22	78

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	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	32	24
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
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24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	43	57
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14	43	57
15	44	56
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18	44	56
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20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
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31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
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20	52
21	53
22	53
23	54
24	54
25	55
26	56
27	56
28	56
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	22	78

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	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	32	24
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	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	22	78