Abéché weather in May

In May, Abéché sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 9 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Abéché's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abéché's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:14 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
31%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Abéché is city in Ouaddaï Region, Chad.

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 40°C through the month.

A typical May day in Abéché reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Abéché weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 17°0011.34.6
Feb36° / 20°0011.52.9
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.1
Apr40° / 26°20.712.30.0
May40° / 27°9312.60.1
Jun38° / 26°235.712.81.0
Jul34° / 24°11116.312.72.5
Aug31° / 23°20722.712.53.1
Sep34° / 23°528.512.13.0
Oct37° / 24°61.811.71.9
Nov36° / 22°0011.42.8
Dec34° / 18°0011.24.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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

Any precipitation

Abéché gets around 9 mm of rain over 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 9% and peaks near 16% 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 dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17613920
27613920
374141020
474141020
572151030
672151030
771151130
871151130
970151140
1069161140
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29432022132
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:195:48
212.55:195:49
312.55:185:49
412.55:185:49
512.55:175:49
612.55:175:50
712.65:175:50
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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 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.49 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
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267.0Intense
277.0Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Abéché

In seasonPeak

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

Abéché sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Mar
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May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Abéché?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abéché.

What to pack for Abéché in May

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

In May, Abéché sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abéché in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abéché peaks around August 19 at about 12 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Abéché 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 Abéché is worst in March — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (September, 20 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1860 µg/m³Sep 920 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb44Poor
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May38Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abéché?

Abéché sits at 13.8°N, 20.8°E, 545 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Biltine, 78 km away.

Umm HājarAdréAl-JunaynahEl Geneina Fort'ĀrdamatāGoz BeidaIriba

Topography around Abéché

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abéché has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 m.

The land around Abéché is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, grassland (73%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
275 m
80 km
600 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Biltine 78 km · Umm Hājar 136 km · Adré 153 km · Al-Junaynah 179 km · El Geneina Fort 180 km · 'Ārdamatā 183 km · Goz Beida 189 km · Iriba 209 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,022
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
32.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Abéché (13.8292°, 20.8324°, elevation 545 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).