Guelendeng weather in May

In May, Guelendeng sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 33 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Guelendeng's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guelendeng's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:39 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Guelendeng is human settlement in Mayo-Kebbi Est, Chad.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Guelendeng reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Guelendeng

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.

Guelendeng weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 17°0011.44.0
Feb37° / 20°0011.62.1
Mar40° / 24°00.111.90.1
Apr41° / 27°72.512.20.0
May39° / 27°338.212.50.6
Jun36° / 26°5810.712.62.1
Jul32° / 24°13819.912.63.0
Aug30° / 23°22024.412.43.2
Sep32° / 23°1191812.13.3
Oct35° / 23°30611.82.7
Nov36° / 21°00.211.52.4
Dec34° / 18°0011.43.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25644
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75842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Guelendeng gets around 33 mm of rain over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 35% 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 muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 67% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1191028348
2181028368
317927379
4179263910
5169264010
6159254111
7149244211
8139244311
9129234412
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2056174725
2145164727
2245154630
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2434144534
2523134536
2623124538
2723114441
2812104442
291294344
301284346
311274347

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 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 5:44 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:446:06
212.45:436:07
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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 6.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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286.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Guelendeng

In seasonPeak

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

Guelendeng's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Guelendeng sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Guelendeng?

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

0.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guelendeng.

What to pack for Guelendeng in May

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

In May, Guelendeng sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Guelendeng 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 Guelendeng peaks around March 15 at about 13 (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 highExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Guelendeng 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 Guelendeng is worst in March — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1080 µg/m³Jul 2218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar81Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May30Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Guelendeng?

Guelendeng sits at 10.9°N, 15.6°E, 321 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Maga, 67 km away.

DourbaliBogoFiangaGuidiguis

Topography around Guelendeng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guelendeng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 314 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m.

The land around Guelendeng is covered by grassland (55%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
27 m
80 km
48 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Maga 67 km · Yagoua 73 km · Bongor 73 km · Mandelia 96 km · Dourbali 105 km · Bogo 105 km · Fianga 120 km · Guidiguis 127 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 Guelendeng (10.9176°, 15.5501°, elevation 321 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).