Massakory weather in May

In May, Massakory sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 10 mm of rain across 3.1 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 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 Massakory's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Massakory's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:35 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
37%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Massakory is city in Hadjer-Lamis, 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 41°C through the month.

A typical May day in Massakory reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 43°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 Massakory

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.

Massakory 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
Jan31° / 16°0011.35.7
Feb34° / 19°0011.63.7
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.1
Apr41° / 27°10.612.30.0
May41° / 28°103.112.60.0
Jun39° / 27°17512.80.6
Jul35° / 26°7413.212.72.3
Aug32° / 24°13617.812.43.1
Sep35° / 24°579.412.12.6
Oct38° / 24°92.211.71.5
Nov36° / 21°0011.42.8
Dec32° / 17°0011.25.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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

Any precipitation

Massakory gets around 10 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
47
57
67
77
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108
118
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149
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2011
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3114

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 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
160161761
260161761
357171871
456171872
554171982
654171982
752172092
852172092
952172092
10501721102
11501721102
12501621112
13491621112
14491621122
15481621122
16471622133
17451622143
18441622153
19421623163
20401623173
21381724184
22361725194
23331725214
24311726224
25291727234
26271727254
27251728265
28231729275
29211730285
30191631295
31181632295

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 11 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 5:41 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:416:08
212.55:406:08
312.55:406:08
412.55:396:09
512.55:396:09
612.55:386:09
712.55:386:09
812.55:386:09
912.55:376:10
1012.55:376:10
1112.65:376:10
1212.65:366:10
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1612.65:356:11
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2112.65:346:13
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2812.75:346:15
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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 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.1Intense
107.1Intense
117.1Intense
127.1Intense
137.0Intense
147.0Intense
157.0Intense
167.0Intense
177.0Intense
187.0Intense
197.0Intense
207.0Intense
217.0Intense
226.9Intense
236.9Intense
246.9Intense
256.9Intense
266.8Intense
276.8Intense
286.8Intense
296.8Intense
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316.8Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Massakory

In seasonPeak

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

Massakory sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Massakory?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Massakory.

What to pack for Massakory in May

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

In May, Massakory sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Massakory 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 Massakory peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Massakory 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 Massakory is worst in February — around 105 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 21 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 14104 µg/m³Aug 2121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan99Unhealthy
Feb105Unhealthy
Mar98Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct43Poor
Nov59Unhealthy
Dec92Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Massakory?

Massakory sits at 13.0°N, 15.7°E, 287 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Massaguet, 66 km away.

MoussoroBolN'DjamenaKoussériBlangwaMaoDourbali

Topography around Massakory

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Massakory has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 286 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m.

The land around Massakory is covered by grassland (85%) within 3 km, grassland (98%) within 16 km, and grassland (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
16 m
80 km
51 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
May weather nearby: Massaguet 66 km · Moussoro 109 km · Bol 122 km · N'Djamena 124 km · Kousséri 128 km · Blangwa 130 km · Mao 133 km · Dourbali 133 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 Massakory (12.9981°, 15.7319°, elevation 287 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).