Nola weather in May

In May, Nola sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 122 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nola's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 122 mm; 20.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:47 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 4th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nola reaches about 29°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 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How May really feels in Nola

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.

Nola weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	21	3.7	11.8	5.5
Feb	31° / 21°	37	6.8	11.9	4.5
Mar	31° / 22°	122	17.5	12	3.7
Apr	30° / 22°	150	19.9	12.1	3.7
May	29° / 22°	122	20.1	12.2	4.0
Jun	28° / 21°	122	20.4	12.2	4.4
Jul	27° / 21°	140	22.2	12.2	4.4
Aug	28° / 21°	165	25.4	12.1	4.0
Sep	28° / 21°	178	25.4	12	3.7
Oct	28° / 21°	197	26.6	11.9	3.6
Nov	29° / 21°	119	18	11.8	4.3
Dec	30° / 20°	25	5.4	11.8	5.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nola gets around 122 mm of rain over 20.1 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 65% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65

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

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 98% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Oppressive (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 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 5:49 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:59 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:49	5:57
2	12.1	5:49	5:57
3	12.1	5:49	5:57
4	12.1	5:49	5:57
5	12.1	5:49	5:57
6	12.1	5:48	5:57
7	12.1	5:48	5:57
8	12.1	5:48	5:57
9	12.1	5:48	5:57
10	12.1	5:48	5:57
11	12.1	5:48	5:57
12	12.2	5:48	5:57
13	12.2	5:47	5:57
14	12.2	5:47	5:57
15	12.2	5:47	5:57
16	12.2	5:47	5:57
17	12.2	5:47	5:57
18	12.2	5:47	5:57
19	12.2	5:47	5:57
20	12.2	5:47	5:57
21	12.2	5:47	5:57
22	12.2	5:47	5:57
23	12.2	5:47	5:58
24	12.2	5:47	5:58
25	12.2	5:47	5:58
26	12.2	5:47	5:58
27	12.2	5:47	5:58
28	12.2	5:47	5:58
29	12.2	5:47	5:58
30	12.2	5:47	5:59
31	12.2	5:48	5:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 5.18 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nola?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nola in May

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

In May, Nola sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nola 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 Nola peaks around March 19 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	14	13	11	10	10	12	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Nola 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 Nola is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.0× 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)	64	71	36	21	14	16	16	12	9	11	18	34
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	21	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nola?

Nola sits at 3.5°N, 16.0°E, 386 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Berbérati, 87 km away.

Topography around Nola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 403 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Nola is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

trees 75%

16 km

339 m

trees 91%

80 km

469 m

trees 96%

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

May weather nearby: Berbérati 87 km · Yokadouma 111 km · Carnot 159 km · Batouri 212 km · Ouesso 213 km · Mbaïki 219 km · Abba 224 km · Yaloké 231 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 Nola (3.5249°, 16.0458°, elevation 386 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	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96