Damongo weather in May

In May, Damongo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 100 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Damongo's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Damongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:51 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Damongo is capital of Savannah 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Damongo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Damongo

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
17 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Damongo 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°40.711.54.0
Feb36° / 23°111.911.72.5
Mar37° / 25°336.611.91.8
Apr35° / 25°7112.912.22.1
May34° / 24°10016.312.42.6
Jun32° / 23°1101812.53.3
Jul30° / 23°15223.112.53.4
Aug29° / 23°21024.812.33.3
Sep30° / 23°20425.112.13.0
Oct32° / 23°10115.711.83.3
Nov34° / 22°142.711.63.4
Dec34° / 21°10.311.53.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Damongo gets around 100 mm of rain over 16.3 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 53% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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252
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2152
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2856
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3057
3157

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13898
23889
338710
428810
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
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137calm
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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 5:55 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:556:14
212.35:556:14
312.35:546:14
412.35:546:14
512.35:546:14
612.45:536:14
712.45:536:15
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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 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Damongo

In seasonPeak

In May, Damongo sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Damongo's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Damongo 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 Damongo?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Damongo.

What to pack for Damongo in May

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

In May, Damongo sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Damongo 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 Damongo peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Damongo 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 Damongo is worst in December — around 157 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 11.3× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 18147 µg/m³Aug 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan87Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr36Poor
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Damongo?

Damongo sits at 9.1°N, 1.8°W, 219 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Tamale, 113 km away.

TamaleKintampoSaveluguBounaWaBatiéWankyiSalaga

Topography around Damongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Damongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 204 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Damongo is covered by cropland (42%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and shrubs (43%) within 16 km, and shrubs (52%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
188 m
80 km
401 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Tamale 113 km · Kintampo 115 km · Savelugu 124 km · Bouna 131 km · Wa 132 km · Batié 150 km · Wankyi 153 km · Salaga 155 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 Damongo (9.083°, -1.8188°, elevation 219 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).