Ndélé weather in May

In May, Ndélé sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 115 mm of rain across 17.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ndélé's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ndélé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
115 mm
17.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:22 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Ndélé is market town in 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ndélé reaches about 33°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Ndélé

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.

Ndélé 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
Jan36° / 19°0011.62.9
Feb37° / 21°10.311.71.6
Mar38° / 24°143.811.91.1
Apr36° / 25°6010.812.21.7
May33° / 24°11517.312.42.7
Jun31° / 23°12819.712.53.3
Jul30° / 22°18225.112.43.3
Aug29° / 22°22226.212.33.3
Sep30° / 22°21026.4123.0
Oct31° / 22°14820.911.83.2
Nov34° / 21°132.211.63.4
Dec35° / 19°00.111.53.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ndélé gets around 115 mm of rain over 17.3 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 56% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1184248
2184250
3074152
4074053
5063955
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8043759
9033661
10033562
11033364
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:265:43
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.73 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 Ndélé

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ndélé 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 Ndélé?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ndélé.

What to pack for Ndélé in May

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

In May, Ndélé sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ndélé 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 Ndélé peaks around March 17 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 17UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ndélé 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 Ndélé is worst in December — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateDec 2361 µg/m³Aug 1612 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan59Unhealthy
Feb49Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ndélé?

Ndélé sits at 8.4°N, 20.6°E, 514 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Kyabé, 220 km away.

KyabéKaga-BandoroKaboIppyBriaSarhBatangafoDekoa

Topography around Ndélé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ndélé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 545 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m.

The land around Ndélé is covered by trees (41%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
481 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Kyabé 220 km · Kaga-Bandoro 226 km · Kabo 236 km · Ippy 247 km · Bria 255 km · Sarh 262 km · Batangafo 288 km · Dekoa 290 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 Ndélé (8.4109°, 20.6473°, elevation 514 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).