Domaa-Ahenkro weather in May

In May, Domaa-Ahenkro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 109 mm of rain across 19.8 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 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 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Domaa-Ahenkro's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Domaa-Ahenkro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
19.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:58 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
77%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Domaa-Ahenkro is town & district capital in Bono 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Domaa-Ahenkro 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 29°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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How May really feels in Domaa-Ahenkro

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.

Domaa-Ahenkro 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°162.911.64.0
Feb35° / 24°406.811.82.9
Mar34° / 24°9515.9122.6
Apr33° / 24°10617.912.22.8
May32° / 24°10919.812.33.1
Jun30° / 23°11720.212.43.7
Jul29° / 22°9017.912.44.4
Aug28° / 22°10518.512.24.5
Sep29° / 22°13623.4123.6
Oct30° / 23°11321.311.83.6
Nov31° / 22°5510.911.74.3
Dec32° / 22°17411.64.8

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 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
22080
32080
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52179
62278
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Domaa-Ahenkro gets around 109 mm of rain over 19.8 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 64% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1764
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2065
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3066
3166

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
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50964
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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
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:016:16
212.36:016:16
312.36:016:16
412.36:006:16
512.36:006:16
612.36:006:17
712.35:596:17
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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 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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55.1Bright
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294.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Domaa-Ahenkro

In seasonPeak

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

Domaa-Ahenkro sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Domaa-Ahenkro?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Domaa-Ahenkro.

What to pack for Domaa-Ahenkro in May

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

In May, Domaa-Ahenkro sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Domaa-Ahenkro 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 Domaa-Ahenkro 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
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Domaa-Ahenkro 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 Domaa-Ahenkro is worst in February — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateFeb 1077 µg/m³Aug 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr36Poor
May21Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Domaa-Ahenkro?

Domaa-Ahenkro sits at 7.3°N, 2.9°W, 276 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Japekrom, 35 km away.

NsoatreAtronieMimSunyaniGoaso

Topography around Domaa-Ahenkro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Domaa-Ahenkro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 274 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m.

The land around Domaa-Ahenkro is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
223 m
80 km
677 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Japekrom 35 km · Berekum 38 km · Agnibilékrou 40 km · Nsoatre 47 km · Atronie 53 km · Mim 54 km · Sunyani 61 km · Goaso 65 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 Domaa-Ahenkro (7.2739°, -2.8735°, elevation 276 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).