Makokou weather in May

In May, Makokou sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 134 mm of rain across 24.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Makokou's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Makokou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
134 mm
24.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:04 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
75%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Makokou is city.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Makokou reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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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312921

How May really feels in Makokou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 25 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
25
heat index over the day's high
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.

Makokou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°9918.2124.1
Feb30° / 22°11217.8123.8
Mar30° / 22°16624.1123.3
Apr30° / 22°16624.1123.2
May29° / 22°13424.1123.5
Jun28° / 21°7317.8124.8
Jul27° / 21°5314125.6
Aug27° / 21°5914.8125.4
Sep28° / 21°14124.3123.8
Oct29° / 21°19227.2123.3
Nov29° / 21°18625.7123.4
Dec29° / 21°12121.6124.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21981
31981
41981
52080
62080
72179
82179
92377
102476
112476
122575
132674
142674
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312575

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Makokou gets around 134 mm of rain over 24.1 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 77% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
180
280
380
480
580
680
780
880
980
1080
1179
1279
1379
1479
1579
1678
1778
1878
1977
2077
2176
2276
2375
2475
2575
2675
2774
2874
2974
3073
3172

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1298
2298
3397
4397
5397
6397
7397
8397
9397
10397
11397
12496
13496
14496
15496
16595
17595
18694
19694
20793
21892
22991
23991
241090
251189
261288
271387
281486
291585
301783
311882

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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135calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:056:06
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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 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.6Bright
54.6Bright
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254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Makokou?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Makokou.

What to pack for Makokou in May

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

In May, Makokou sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Makokou in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Makokou peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 14Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Makokou 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 Makokou is worst in February — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.6× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodModerateFeb 1238 µg/m³Oct 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb39Poor
Mar22Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov14Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Makokou?

Makokou sits at 0.6°N, 12.9°E, 489 m above sea level, in Gabon. The nearest listed city is Oyem, 183 km away.

OyemKoulamoutouBitamMoandaEbebiyinCiudad de la PazOyamFranceville

Topography around Makokou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Makokou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 491 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Makokou is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
135 m
80 km
711 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Oyem 183 km · Koulamoutou 195 km · Bitam 226 km · Moanda 241 km · Ebebiyin 245 km · Ciudad de la Paz 254 km · Oyam 257 km · Franceville 258 km

Gabon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,263
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
23.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 46%Roman Catholic 30%Muslim 11%none 7%

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 Makokou (0.5738°, 12.8642°, elevation 489 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).