Bimbila weather in May

In May, Bimbila sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 107 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bimbila's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bimbila's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 107 mm; 16.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:44 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Bimbila is district capital of the Nanumba North in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bimbila reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

How May really feels in Bimbila

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

10 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bimbila weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	6	1.1	11.5	4.0
Feb	35° / 24°	18	2.9	11.7	2.8
Mar	35° / 25°	52	9.4	11.9	2.3
Apr	34° / 25°	84	13.1	12.2	2.6
May	33° / 25°	107	16.8	12.4	3.0
Jun	31° / 24°	130	20.5	12.5	3.4
Jul	29° / 23°	219	26.1	12.5	3.3
Aug	29° / 23°	285	28	12.3	3.2
Sep	30° / 23°	273	27.9	12.1	2.9
Oct	31° / 23°	175	24.2	11.8	2.9
Nov	33° / 23°	33	6.5	11.6	3.8
Dec	34° / 21°	6	1.2	11.5	4.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 76%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	24	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	76	75	75	76	75	75	75	74	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	76	76	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bimbila gets around 107 mm of rain over 16.8 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 54% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	58	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	59

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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	68	69
Miserable (%)	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	31

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 5:48 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:48	6:06
2	12.3	5:47	6:06
3	12.3	5:47	6:06
4	12.3	5:47	6:06
5	12.3	5:46	6:07
6	12.3	5:46	6:07
7	12.3	5:46	6:07
8	12.4	5:46	6:07
9	12.4	5:45	6:07
10	12.4	5:45	6:07
11	12.4	5:45	6:07
12	12.4	5:45	6:07
13	12.4	5:44	6:08
14	12.4	5:44	6:08
15	12.4	5:44	6:08
16	12.4	5:44	6:08
17	12.4	5:44	6:08
18	12.4	5:44	6:08
19	12.4	5:43	6:09
20	12.4	5:43	6:09
21	12.4	5:43	6:09
22	12.4	5:43	6:09
23	12.4	5:43	6:10
24	12.4	5:43	6:10
25	12.4	5:43	6:10
26	12.5	5:43	6:10
27	12.5	5:43	6:10
28	12.5	5:43	6:11
29	12.5	5:43	6:11
30	12.5	5:43	6:11
31	12.5	5:43	6:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
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15	5.4	Bright
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17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bimbila

In seasonPeak

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

Bimbila's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bimbila?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bimbila.

What to pack for Bimbila in May

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

In May, Bimbila sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

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UV index in Bimbila in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bimbila peaks around April 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 6 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	9	12	13	12	11	11	11	13	12	9	6
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Bimbila 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 Bimbila is worst in January — around 139 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	139	98	45	37	20	17	16	15	17	27	48	108
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	139	Unhealthy
Feb	98	Unhealthy
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	20	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	108	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bimbila?

Bimbila sits at 8.9°N, 0.1°E, 212 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Yendi, 66 km away.

Topography around Bimbila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bimbila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m.

The land around Bimbila is covered by cropland (52%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), shrubs (32%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

89 m

cropland 52%

16 km

162 m

cropland 51%

80 km

767 m

grassland 35%

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← April Bimbila year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Yendi 66 km · Salaga 72 km · Dambai 89 km · Bassar 91 km · Yegyi 105 km · Sotouboua 107 km · Tamale 116 km · Sokodé 119 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

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 Bimbila (8.8549°, 0.0592°, elevation 212 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	55
27	56
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31