Kouango weather in May

In May, Kouango sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 128 mm of rain across 18.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Kouango's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kouango's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
18.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:30 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Kouango is human settlement.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kouango reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°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 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Kouango weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°81.611.73.4
Feb35° / 23°214.411.82.6
Mar34° / 24°7912.4122.6
Apr33° / 24°11114.912.13.0
May32° / 23°12818.112.23.4
Jun30° / 23°12018.612.33.7
Jul30° / 22°15222.212.33.7
Aug30° / 22°18824.912.23.4
Sep30° / 22°16724123.2
Oct30° / 22°20225.511.93.1
Nov32° / 22°9513.511.83.8
Dec33° / 21°143.111.74.0

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43565
53664
63664
73763
83862
93862
103862
114060
124060
134159
144258
154159
164159
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184159
194258
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224159
234159
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254060
264060
274060
283961
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304060
314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kouango gets around 128 mm of rain over 18.1 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 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
155
255
356
456
556
657
757
857
957
1057
1157
1257
1357
1457
1557
1658
1758
1858
1958
2059
2159
2259
2360
2460
2561
2661
2761
2861
2962
3062
3161

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
24951
33961
43961
53961
63961
72971
82971
92971
102971
112971
121981
131981
141981
151981
162971
172971
182971
192971
202971
212971
222971
232971
242971
252971
262971
272971
282971
292971
302971
312971

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
27calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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315calm

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 5:32 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:325:43
212.25:325:43
312.25:325:43
412.25:315:43
512.25:315:43
612.25:315:43
712.25:315:43
812.25:315:43
912.25:305:43
1012.25:305:43
1112.25:305:43
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1312.25:305:43
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1812.25:295:43
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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 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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135.5Bright
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255.4Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kouango

In seasonPeak

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

Kouango's rainy season runs April–November, 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 Kouango?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kouango.

What to pack for Kouango in May

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

In May, Kouango sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kouango 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 Kouango peaks around October 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highOct 12UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kouango 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 Kouango is worst in February — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.8× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 1091 µg/m³Sep 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr22Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct12Good
Nov24Moderate
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kouango?

Kouango sits at 5.0°N, 20.0°E, 363 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bambari, 117 km away.

BambariSibutAlindaoGbadoliteZongoBégouaBanguiDekoa

Topography around Kouango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kouango has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 370 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Kouango is covered by grassland (65%) and water (27%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
353 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bambari 117 km · Sibut 127 km · Alindao 138 km · Gbadolite 140 km · Zongo 168 km · Bégoua 169 km · Bangui 171 km · Dekoa 177 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 Kouango (4.9934°, 19.9619°, elevation 363 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).