Agogo weather in May

In May, Agogo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 116 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Agogo's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agogo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
116 mm
21.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:51 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
77%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Agogo is human settlement in Ashanti Region, Ghana.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Agogo reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Agogo

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
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.

Agogo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°193.911.64.1
Feb34° / 24°407.411.83.1
Mar33° / 24°9716.6122.8
Apr33° / 24°10218.212.12.9
May31° / 23°11621.512.33.1
Jun30° / 23°13222.312.43.5
Jul28° / 22°10819.612.44.2
Aug28° / 22°9818.112.24.4
Sep29° / 23°15424.7123.5
Oct30° / 23°12422.811.83.5
Nov31° / 23°5412.211.74.1
Dec32° / 22°234.911.64.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42476
52575
62575
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Agogo gets around 116 mm of rain over 21.5 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 69% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
166
266
367
467
568
668
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869
969
1069
1169
1269
1369
1468
1568
1668
1768
1867
1967
2068
2168
2268
2368
2469
2569
2670
2770
2871
2971
3071
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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10937
20937
30937
40937
50946
60946
70946
80946
90955
100955
110955
120955
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140955
150964
160964
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200964
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230964
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250973
261963
271963
281963
291972
301972
311972

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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288calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 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 5:54 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:546:09
212.25:546:09
312.25:546:09
412.35:546:09
512.35:536:09
612.35:536:09
712.35:536:09
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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 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.3Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
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224.9Bright
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254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Agogo

In seasonPeak

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

Agogo sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Agogo?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Agogo.

What to pack for Agogo in May

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

In May, Agogo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Agogo 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 Agogo peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Dec 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Agogo 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 Agogo is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 8.1× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 14171 µg/m³Aug 1122 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar47Poor
Apr42Poor
May28Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov42Poor
Dec138Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Agogo?

Agogo sits at 6.8°N, 1.1°W, 418 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Konongo, 25 km away.

NkawkawMampongAhwiaaTafoNew TafoKumasi

Topography around Agogo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agogo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m around an average of 425 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 721 m.

The land around Agogo is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
296 m
16 km
552 m
80 km
721 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Konongo 25 km · Effiduase 35 km · Nkawkaw 45 km · Mampong 46 km · Ahwiaa 57 km · Tafo 59 km · New Tafo 59 km · Kumasi 61 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 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 Agogo (6.8°, -1.0819°, elevation 418 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).