Fada weather in May

In May, Fada sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 83% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Fada's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:06 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
18%
5th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Fada is city in 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 Fada reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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 about 2°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Fada

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.

Fada weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 13°0011.18.4
Feb30° / 15°0011.46.6
Mar34° / 19°0011.94.0
Apr38° / 24°0012.41.5
May40° / 26°10.312.80.3
Jun40° / 27°10.3130.4
Jul37° / 26°112.312.91.7
Aug36° / 25°255.612.62.2
Sep38° / 26°61.412.11.5
Oct36° / 23°00.111.62.9
Nov32° / 18°0011.25.8
Dec28° / 14°00118.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Fada gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:135:49
212.65:125:50
312.65:115:50
412.75:115:50
512.75:105:50
612.75:105:51
712.75:095:51
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1012.75:085:52
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1212.85:075:53
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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 7.78 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
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47.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Fada

In seasonPeak

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

Fada sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
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Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Fada?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fada.

What to pack for Fada in May

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

In May, Fada sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Fada in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fada peaks around September 10 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 10UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Fada 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 Fada is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 44 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 1192 µg/m³Sep 1044 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan81Unhealthy
Feb91Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr74Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug46Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov51Poor
Dec73Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Fada?

Fada sits at 17.2°N, 21.6°E, 562 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Amdjarass, 183 km away.

AmdjarassIribaFaya-LargeauBiltineAbéchéAdréEl Geneina Fort'Ārdamatā

Topography around Fada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 572 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m.

The land around Fada is covered by bare terrain (97%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
381 m
80 km
852 m
treesshrubsgrasslandbare terrain
May weather nearby: Amdjarass 183 km · Iriba 242 km · Faya-Largeau 275 km · Biltine 304 km · Abéché 382 km · Adré 420 km · El Geneina Fort 424 km · 'Ārdamatā 424 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 Fada (17.1919°, 21.5808°, elevation 562 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).