Moutsamoudou weather in May

In May, Moutsamoudou sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 38 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Moutsamoudou's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moutsamoudou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:15 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
45%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Moutsamoudou is city in Anjouan, Comoros.

Density
877/km²
people per km²
Founded
1482

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Moutsamoudou reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Moutsamoudou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°24924.512.63.5
Feb29° / 25°22622.912.43.5
Mar29° / 25°20526.512.13.4
Apr29° / 24°1032011.74.2
May28° / 24°3811.511.45.9
Jun27° / 22°207.411.37.1
Jul27° / 21°175.611.47.5
Aug27° / 21°175.511.67.5
Sep28° / 21°237.811.97.0
Oct29° / 23°4210.612.35.8
Nov29° / 24°7316.212.64.7
Dec29° / 24°17422.312.73.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26832
36931
47030
57030
67129
77228
87327
97327
107426
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Moutsamoudou gets around 38 mm of rain over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
251
351
450
549
648
746
845
944
1043
1142
1240
1339
1438
1537
1636
1735
1834
1933
2032
2132
2231
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2530
2630
2730
2830
2930
3029
3129

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
119882
2110872
3111871
4112861
5114841
6115840
7117820
8220780
9222760
10224740
11227710
12229690
13232660
14234640
15237610
16239590
17241570
18243550
19245530
20247510
21349490
22350470
23352450
24354430
25454420
26456400
27557380
28559360
29561340
30662320
31664300

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:125:47
211.66:135:46
311.66:135:46
411.56:135:46
511.56:135:45
611.56:135:45
711.56:135:44
811.56:145:44
911.56:145:44
1011.56:145:43
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1311.56:155:43
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1511.46:155:42
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1711.46:165:42
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1911.46:165:41
2011.46:165:41
2111.46:175:41
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2511.46:185:40
2611.46:185:40
2711.46:185:40
2811.46:195:40
2911.46:195:40
3011.36:195:40
3111.36:195:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.0Bright
224.9Bright
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244.9Bright
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264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Moutsamoudou

In seasonPeak

None of Moutsamoudou's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Moutsamoudou sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Moutsamoudou's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Moutsamoudou?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Moutsamoudou for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Moutsamoudou in May

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

In May, Moutsamoudou sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Moutsamoudou in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Moutsamoudou 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 Moutsamoudou peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Moutsamoudou?

Moutsamoudou sits at 12.2°S, 44.4°E, 61 m above sea level, in Comoros. The nearest listed city is Fomboni, 73 km away.

FomboniMoroni

Topography around Moutsamoudou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moutsamoudou has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 672 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,576 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,506 m.

The land around Moutsamoudou is covered by water (46%) and trees (45%) within 3 km, water (59%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and water (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
672 m
16 km
1,576 m
80 km
1,506 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Fomboni 73 km · Koungou 108 km · Kaouéni 112 km · Mtsapéré 112 km · Mamoudzou 113 km · Dzaoudzi 116 km · Labattoir 117 km · Moroni 135 km

Comoros travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 49% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,056
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
26.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 98%ethnic religionist 1%Christian 1%other 0%

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 Moutsamoudou (-12.1667°, 44.3994°, elevation 61 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).