Atronie weather in May

In May, Atronie sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 98 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Atronie's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atronie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
19 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:56 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
77%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Atronie is human settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Atronie reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Atronie

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.

Atronie weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°152.711.63.9
Feb35° / 24°366.511.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8715122.6
Apr33° / 24°10016.612.22.8
May32° / 24°981912.33.1
Jun30° / 23°10819.712.43.7
Jul29° / 22°8717.412.44.4
Aug28° / 22°10217.912.24.4
Sep29° / 23°12723123.7
Oct30° / 23°10620.511.83.7
Nov31° / 22°5210.811.74.3
Dec32° / 22°153.811.64.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52377
62377
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Atronie gets around 98 mm of rain over 19 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 61% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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261
361
461
561
661
760
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1060
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1260
1360
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1760
1860
1961
2061
2161
2261
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2662
2762
2863
2963
3063
3164

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10964
20964
30964
40964
50964
60964
70964
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110964
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130964
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291972
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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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68calm
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128calm
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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 5:59 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:596:14
212.35:596:14
312.35:596:14
412.35:596:14
512.35:586:14
612.35:586:15
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912.35:576:15
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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 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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204.9Bright
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274.7Bright
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294.7Bright
304.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Atronie

In seasonPeak

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

Atronie 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 Atronie?

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
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Atronie.

What to pack for Atronie in May

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

In May, Atronie sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Atronie 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 Atronie peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 9 (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 13Jan 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Atronie 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 Atronie is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyFeb 9101 µg/m³Aug 1617 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec82Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Atronie?

Atronie sits at 7.2°N, 2.4°W, 246 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Sunyani, 22 km away.

GoasoBechem

Topography around Atronie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atronie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 402 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 738 m.

The land around Atronie is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
402 m
80 km
738 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Sunyani 22 km · Nsoatre 29 km · Tepa 31 km · Mim 33 km · Duayaw-Nkwanta 34 km · Berekum 39 km · Goaso 41 km · Bechem 43 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 Atronie (7.1534°, -2.405°, elevation 246 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).