Bozoum weather in May

In May, Bozoum sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 104 mm of rain across 18.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 muggy.

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 Bozoum's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bozoum's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
18.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:42 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
67%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Bozoum is city.

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 Bozoum 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 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Bozoum

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.

Bozoum 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°00.111.74.5
Feb35° / 21°30.711.83.3
Mar35° / 23°296.5122.7
Apr33° / 23°7914.212.13.0
May31° / 22°10418.712.33.5
Jun30° / 21°12021.412.43.8
Jul28° / 21°18225.912.33.7
Aug28° / 21°24728.412.23.3
Sep29° / 20°20426.3123.3
Oct30° / 21°14121.611.93.7
Nov32° / 20°244.911.74.6
Dec32° / 18°10.411.64.8

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23664
33664
43664
53664
63763
73763
83862
93862
103961
114060
124060
134159
144159
154258
164357
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194456
204357
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264258
274159
284159
294258
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314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bozoum gets around 104 mm of rain over 18.7 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 60% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
256
357
457
558
658
758
858
958
1058
1158
1257
1357
1457
1558
1658
1758
1858
1959
2059
2160
2260
2361
2462
2563
2665
2766
2866
2967
3067
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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
118217
218217
318118
418118
508218
608218
708218
808218
908218
1008218
1108218
1208218
1308218
1408317
1508317
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1808317
1908416
2008416
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2408416
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2908515
3008515
3108515

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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58calm
68calm
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317calm

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 5:45 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:455:58
212.25:455:58
312.25:455:58
412.25:445:58
512.25:445:58
612.25:445:58
712.25:445:58
812.35:435:59
912.35:435:59
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.6Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bozoum

In seasonPeak

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

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

Bozoum 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 Bozoum?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bozoum.

What to pack for Bozoum in May

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

In May, Bozoum 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 Bozoum 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 Bozoum peaks around March 22 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 22UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bozoum 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 Bozoum is worst in January — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateJan 1855 µg/m³Sep 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb46Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr25Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bozoum?

Bozoum sits at 6.3°N, 16.4°E, 664 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Baoro, 86 km away.

BaoroBouarPaouaBocarangaBossangoaYalokéCarnotAbba

Topography around Bozoum

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bozoum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m around an average of 685 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 629 m.

The land around Bozoum is covered by shrubs (43%), grassland (25%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
198 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
629 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Baoro 86 km · Bouar 97 km · Paoua 103 km · Bocaranga 110 km · Bossangoa 120 km · Yaloké 137 km · Carnot 163 km · Abba 175 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 Bozoum (6.3193°, 16.3799°, elevation 664 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).