Kaga-Bandoro weather in May

In May, Kaga-Bandoro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 114 mm of rain across 17.6 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 21% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kaga-Bandoro's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaga-Bandoro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
114 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:30 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Kaga-Bandoro is city.

Density
822/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Kaga-Bandoro reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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.

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How May really feels in Kaga-Bandoro

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.

Kaga-Bandoro 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
Jan35° / 19°00.111.63.0
Feb37° / 22°3111.81.9
Mar37° / 25°306.6121.7
Apr35° / 25°7913.512.12.3
May32° / 24°11417.612.33.1
Jun31° / 23°12819.712.43.5
Jul29° / 22°20125.112.43.4
Aug29° / 22°23626.812.23.3
Sep30° / 22°21225.7123.1
Oct31° / 22°18523.811.83.1
Nov33° / 21°345.411.73.8
Dec35° / 19°10.411.63.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73961
83961
94060
104060
114159
124159
134258
144258
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224258
234258
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264258
273961
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314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kaga-Bandoro gets around 114 mm of rain over 17.6 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 57% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
252
353
454
554
654
755
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955
1055
1155
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1556
1656
1756
1856
1956
2056
2157
2257
2358
2458
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2660
2760
2861
2961
3061
3162

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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12674
22575
32476
42377
52278
62278
72179
82080
91981
101882
111882
121783
131783
141684
151684
161585
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181585
191585
201486
211486
221486
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241486
251486
261486
271486
281387
291387
301387
311387

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:335:48
212.25:335:48
312.35:335:48
412.35:325:48
512.35:325:48
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712.35:325:48
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kaga-Bandoro

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kaga-Bandoro 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 Kaga-Bandoro?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kaga-Bandoro.

What to pack for Kaga-Bandoro in May

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

In May, Kaga-Bandoro sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kaga-Bandoro 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 Kaga-Bandoro peaks around March 20 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 20UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kaga-Bandoro 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 Kaga-Bandoro is worst in February — around 112 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 13105 µg/m³Sep 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb112Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kaga-Bandoro?

Kaga-Bandoro sits at 7.0°N, 19.2°E, 416 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Dekoa, 75 km away.

KaboBatangafoBoucaSibutBossangoaBambariMoïssala

Topography around Kaga-Bandoro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaga-Bandoro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 425 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 330 m.

The land around Kaga-Bandoro is covered by grassland (38%) and shrubs (33%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
330 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Dekoa 75 km · Kabo 100 km · Batangafo 106 km · Bouca 114 km · Sibut 142 km · Bossangoa 199 km · Bambari 213 km · Moïssala 217 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 Kaga-Bandoro (6.9896°, 19.1874°, elevation 416 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).