Zemio weather in May

In May, Zemio sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 155 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Zemio's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zemio's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 155 mm; 21.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:09 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Zemio is settlement in 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Zemio reaches about 30°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 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
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	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	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	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How May really feels in Zemio

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.

Zemio weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	11	2	11.7	3.6
Feb	35° / 22°	23	4.6	11.8	2.9
Mar	33° / 23°	84	12.8	12	3.0
Apr	31° / 23°	154	20.1	12.1	3.2
May	30° / 22°	155	21.7	12.2	3.5
Jun	29° / 21°	113	20.3	12.3	4.0
Jul	29° / 21°	111	20.7	12.3	4.1
Aug	29° / 21°	146	22.9	12.2	3.8
Sep	29° / 21°	159	24.7	12	3.5
Oct	29° / 21°	192	26.1	11.9	3.3
Nov	30° / 21°	88	13.8	11.8	4.2
Dec	32° / 21°	14	2.9	11.7	4.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	24	25	26	27	27	29	29	29	30	31	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	76	75	74	73	73	71	71	71	70	69	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zemio gets around 155 mm of rain over 21.7 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 70% and peaks near 72% 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 (%)	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	70
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67
31	67

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 90% 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 (%)	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15
Oppressive (%)	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	89	88	88	87	86	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	15	85

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 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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31	5	calm

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 5:11 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:25 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:11	5:22
2	12.2	5:11	5:22
3	12.2	5:11	5:22
4	12.2	5:11	5:22
5	12.2	5:11	5:22
6	12.2	5:10	5:22
7	12.2	5:10	5:22
8	12.2	5:10	5:22
9	12.2	5:10	5:22
10	12.2	5:10	5:22
11	12.2	5:09	5:22
12	12.2	5:09	5:22
13	12.2	5:09	5:22
14	12.2	5:09	5:22
15	12.2	5:09	5:22
16	12.2	5:09	5:23
17	12.2	5:09	5:23
18	12.2	5:09	5:23
19	12.2	5:09	5:23
20	12.2	5:09	5:23
21	12.2	5:09	5:23
22	12.2	5:09	5:23
23	12.2	5:09	5:23
24	12.3	5:09	5:24
25	12.3	5:09	5:24
26	12.3	5:09	5:24
27	12.3	5:09	5:24
28	12.3	5:09	5:24
29	12.3	5:09	5:24
30	12.3	5:09	5:25
31	12.3	5:09	5:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.42 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
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10	5.5	Bright
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18	5.4	Bright
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24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zemio?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zemio.

What to pack for Zemio in May

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

In May, Zemio sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zemio 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 Zemio peaks around March 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	10	11	10	13	13	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	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Zemio 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 Zemio is worst in January — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.0× the cleanest month (September, 8 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)	63	48	39	17	11	14	13	10	8	11	30	60
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	63	Unhealthy
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	17	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	60	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zemio?

Zemio sits at 5.0°N, 25.1°E, 579 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bondo, 210 km away.

Topography around Zemio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zemio has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 576 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m.

The land around Zemio is covered by trees (41%), grassland (33%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

trees 41%

16 km

159 m

trees 61%

80 km

240 m

trees 76%

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

May weather nearby: Bondo 210 km · Buta 254 km · Bangassou 259 km · Bakwa 270 km · Aketi 296 km · Yambio 365 km · Isiro 372 km · Bria 387 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 Zemio (5.0314°, 25.1361°, elevation 579 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	31	22
2	31	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	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	70
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	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	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	70
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	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	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	70
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	15	85