Ippy weather in May

In May, Ippy sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 144 mm of rain across 20.8 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 14% 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 Ippy's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ippy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 144 mm; 20.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:23 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Ippy is place in Ouaka, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ippy 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.

	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)	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Ippy

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.

Ippy 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	3	0.8	11.7	3.4
Feb	36° / 22°	11	2.7	11.8	2.6
Mar	35° / 23°	65	11	12	2.6
Apr	33° / 23°	118	16.9	12.1	3.1
May	31° / 22°	144	20.8	12.3	3.4
Jun	30° / 22°	127	21.4	12.4	3.7
Jul	29° / 21°	150	23	12.3	3.8
Aug	29° / 21°	179	24.8	12.2	3.6
Sep	29° / 21°	190	25	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 21°	202	25.8	11.9	3.3
Nov	32° / 21°	55	8.8	11.7	4.2
Dec	33° / 20°	4	1	11.6	4.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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%.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	32	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	68	67	67	67

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ippy gets around 144 mm of rain over 20.8 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 67% and peaks near 70% 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 (%)	61	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	63
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	66
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	70
31	70

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 86% 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 (%)	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17
Oppressive (%)	83	84	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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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 5:26 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:43 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:26	5:39
2	12.2	5:26	5:39
3	12.2	5:25	5:39
4	12.2	5:25	5:39
5	12.2	5:25	5:39
6	12.2	5:25	5:39
7	12.2	5:24	5:39
8	12.3	5:24	5:39
9	12.3	5:24	5:39
10	12.3	5:24	5:39
11	12.3	5:24	5:39
12	12.3	5:23	5:39
13	12.3	5:23	5:40
14	12.3	5:23	5:40
15	12.3	5:23	5:40
16	12.3	5:23	5:40
17	12.3	5:23	5:40
18	12.3	5:23	5:40
19	12.3	5:23	5:40
20	12.3	5:22	5:40
21	12.3	5:22	5:41
22	12.3	5:22	5:41
23	12.3	5:22	5:41
24	12.3	5:22	5:41
25	12.3	5:22	5:41
26	12.3	5:22	5:41
27	12.3	5:22	5:42
28	12.3	5:22	5:42
29	12.3	5:22	5:42
30	12.3	5:22	5:42
31	12.3	5:22	5:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.45 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ippy

In seasonPeak

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

Ippy'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 Ippy?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ippy.

What to pack for Ippy in May

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

In May, Ippy sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ippy 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 Ippy peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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	15	13	11	11	11	13	12	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	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Ippy 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 Ippy is worst in January — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.7× the cleanest month (September, 9 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)	63	61	38	22	14	16	14	11	9	12	19	45
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	63	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	22	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ippy?

Ippy sits at 6.3°N, 21.2°E, 596 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bambari, 82 km away.

Topography around Ippy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ippy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 592 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Ippy is covered by shrubs (51%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

77 m

shrubs 51%

16 km

148 m

trees 66%

80 km

401 m

trees 83%

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

May weather nearby: Bambari 82 km · Bria 90 km · Alindao 138 km · Kouango 199 km · Gbadolite 223 km · Dekoa 237 km · Kaga-Bandoro 239 km · Bangassou 245 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 Ippy (6.2679°, 21.2247°, elevation 596 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	32	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	63
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	66
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	63
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	66
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	63
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	66
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83