Bria weather in May

In May, Bria sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 162 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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 13% 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 Bria's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bria's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
162 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:19 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
69%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Bria is city of the 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 Bria reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Bria

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.

Bria 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
Jan34° / 19°20.611.73.5
Feb36° / 21°102.111.82.6
Mar35° / 23°589.7122.6
Apr32° / 23°12817.512.13.0
May31° / 22°16222.512.33.4
Jun29° / 21°14023.212.43.7
Jul29° / 21°16224.712.33.7
Aug29° / 21°18626.112.23.5
Sep29° / 21°18825.1123.4
Oct30° / 21°19925.911.93.3
Nov31° / 20°477.811.74.5
Dec33° / 19°30.811.64.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43565
53565
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73565
83664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bria gets around 162 mm of rain over 22.5 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 72% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
266
367
467
568
669
770
870
971
1071
1172
1272
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1473
1573
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1774
1874
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2075
2175
2275
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2675
2775
2875
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3075
3175

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112475
212475
312376
412277
512277
602179
702179
802080
902080
1001981
1101981
1201882
1301882
1401783
1501783
1601684
1701684
1801684
1901684
2001684
2101783
2201783
2301783
2401882
2501882
2601882
2701981
2801981
2902080
3002179
3102278

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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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 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 5:22 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:225:36
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312.25:225:36
412.25:225:36
512.25:215:36
612.35:215:36
712.35:215:36
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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 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bria

In seasonPeak

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

Bria's rainy season runs April–October, 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 Bria?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bria.

What to pack for Bria in May

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

In May, Bria sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bria 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 Bria peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 18UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bria 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 Bria is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.1× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 1274 µg/m³Sep 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar43Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec35Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bria?

Bria sits at 6.5°N, 22.0°E, 572 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Ippy, 90 km away.

IppyBambariAlindaoBangassouNdéléGbadoliteKouangoKaga-Bandoro

Topography around Bria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m.

The land around Bria is covered by shrubs (43%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
190 m
80 km
291 m
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May weather nearby: Ippy 90 km · Bambari 169 km · Alindao 189 km · Bangassou 220 km · Ndélé 255 km · Gbadolite 274 km · Kouango 283 km · Kaga-Bandoro 313 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 Bria (6.5423°, 21.9863°, elevation 572 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).