Sibut weather in May

In May, Sibut sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 108 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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 20% 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 Sibut's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sibut's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 108 mm; 16.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:32 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Sibut is place in Kémo, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sibut reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°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 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	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
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28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Sibut

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.

Sibut 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	1	0.4	11.7	3.4
Feb	36° / 22°	7	1.8	11.8	2.6
Mar	35° / 24°	47	10	12	2.5
Apr	33° / 24°	85	13	12.1	3.0
May	32° / 23°	108	16.5	12.3	3.5
Jun	30° / 22°	110	18.5	12.3	3.8
Jul	29° / 22°	175	23.3	12.3	3.6
Aug	29° / 21°	217	26.6	12.2	3.3
Sep	30° / 21°	189	25	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 21°	168	24.1	11.9	3.3
Nov	32° / 21°	53	9.1	11.7	4.1
Dec	34° / 20°	4	0.8	11.7	4.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	36	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41
Cloudier (%)	64	64	63	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	58	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
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24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sibut gets around 108 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 57% 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 (%)	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
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6	52
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31	57

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 85% 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 (%)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Oppressive (%)	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84

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

Wind in May

Winds average 7 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	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 5:35 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:50 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	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	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:35	5:47
2	12.2	5:35	5:47
3	12.2	5:34	5:47
4	12.2	5:34	5:47
5	12.2	5:34	5:47
6	12.2	5:34	5:47
7	12.2	5:34	5:47
8	12.2	5:33	5:47
9	12.2	5:33	5:47
10	12.2	5:33	5:47
11	12.2	5:33	5:47
12	12.2	5:33	5:47
13	12.2	5:33	5:47
14	12.3	5:32	5:48
15	12.3	5:32	5:48
16	12.3	5:32	5:48
17	12.3	5:32	5:48
18	12.3	5:32	5:48
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20	12.3	5:32	5:48
21	12.3	5:32	5:48
22	12.3	5:32	5:49
23	12.3	5:32	5:49
24	12.3	5:32	5:49
25	12.3	5:32	5:49
26	12.3	5:32	5:49
27	12.3	5:32	5:49
28	12.3	5:32	5:50
29	12.3	5:32	5:50
30	12.3	5:32	5:50
31	12.3	5:32	5:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.61 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	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	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
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4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
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28	5.5	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sibut

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sibut sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sibut?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sibut.

What to pack for Sibut in May

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

In May, Sibut sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

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UV index in Sibut 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 Sibut peaks around March 24 at about 13 (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.

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

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

Air quality in Sibut 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 Sibut is worst in February — around 130 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 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)	69	130	44	24	15	16	14	11	10	13	19	33
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	130	Unhealthy
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	24	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sibut?

Sibut sits at 5.7°N, 19.1°E, 431 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Dekoa, 67 km away.

Topography around Sibut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sibut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 425 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Sibut is covered by shrubs (52%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

shrubs 52%

16 km

288 m

trees 55%

80 km

353 m

trees 85%

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

May weather nearby: Dekoa 67 km · Bouca 124 km · Kouango 127 km · Kaga-Bandoro 142 km · Boali 146 km · Bégoua 153 km · Bangui 161 km · Zongo 162 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 Sibut (5.718°, 19.0739°, elevation 431 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)
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
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20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
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24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
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	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
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21	15	85
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24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	43	57
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	Rain chance (%)
1	50
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22	53
23	54
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	55
28	56
29	56
30	56
31	57

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	53
23	54
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	55
28	56
29	56
30	56
31	57

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