Mangalmé weather in May

In May, Mangalmé sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 29 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mangalmé's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mangalmé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:21 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
44%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Mangalmé is place in Guéra, 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 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mangalmé 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 36°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Mangalmé 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
Jan34° / 17°0011.43.9
Feb37° / 20°0011.62.2
Mar40° / 23°10.211.90.4
Apr41° / 26°72.212.30.0
May40° / 27°297.712.60.3
Jun37° / 26°6013.212.71.3
Jul33° / 24°18123.212.72.5
Aug31° / 23°27826.212.42.9
Sep32° / 23°12316.512.13.2
Oct35° / 23°194.311.72.7
Nov36° / 21°0011.42.6
Dec35° / 18°0011.33.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66733
76733
86832
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106931
117030
127030
137129
147228
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227129
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mangalmé gets around 29 mm of rain over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
116
217
317
418
518
619
719
820
920
1020
1121
1221
1322
1423
1523
1624
1725
1826
1926
2027
2128
2229
2329
2430
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2631
2732
2832
2932
3032
3132

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 29% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 35% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1411924142
2391925152
3372025162
4352026162
5342126173
6332126183
7312126193
8302125203
9302125204
10292125214
11282125224
12272125224
13272125234
14262025245
15252025255
16241925265
17231925285
18221825296
19211825316
20201725326
21181625346
22171625367
23151525377
24141425398
25121425418
26111325428
2791225449
2881225459
29711254710
30611264810
31510264910

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 42 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 5:26 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:265:52
212.45:255:52
312.55:255:52
412.55:255:52
512.55:245:52
612.55:245:53
712.55:235:53
812.55:235:53
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1012.55:225:53
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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 6.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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186.5Intense
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236.5Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mangalmé

In seasonPeak

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

Mangalmé's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Mangalmé sees seasonal dust haze (March–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 Mangalmé?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mangalmé.

What to pack for Mangalmé in May

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

In May, Mangalmé sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mangalmé 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 Mangalmé peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highAug 11UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mangalmé 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 Mangalmé is worst in March — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateMar 1659 µg/m³Aug 1519 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb41Poor
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr40Poor
May24Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mangalmé?

Mangalmé sits at 12.4°N, 19.6°E, 519 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Mongo, 102 km away.

MongoUmm HājarBitkineAm TimanAtiGoz BeidaAbéchéBokoro

Topography around Mangalmé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mangalmé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m around an average of 541 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m.

The land around Mangalmé is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
341 m
16 km
413 m
80 km
957 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mongo 102 km · Umm Hājar 105 km · Bitkine 158 km · Am Timan 163 km · Ati 168 km · Goz Beida 196 km · Abéché 210 km · Bokoro 278 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 Mangalmé (12.3546°, 19.6139°, elevation 519 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).