Ejura weather in May

In May, Ejura sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 105 mm of rain across 18.6 wet days and about 12.3 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 8% 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 Ejura's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ejura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
105 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:52 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
75%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Ejura is town 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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ejura reaches about 33°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 35°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 Ejura

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
9 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.

Ejura 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
Jan35° / 22°112.111.63.3
Feb36° / 24°244.611.82.3
Mar36° / 25°7514.111.92.0
Apr34° / 25°10317.512.22.2
May33° / 24°10518.612.32.6
Jun32° / 24°10819.112.43.1
Jul30° / 23°10518.612.43.7
Aug30° / 23°11718.512.23.8
Sep31° / 23°17423.6123.0
Oct32° / 23°1112011.82.9
Nov34° / 23°327.311.73.2
Dec34° / 22°112.311.63.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 75%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
82773
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112872
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311981

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ejura gets around 105 mm of rain over 18.6 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 60% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
163
263
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463
562
662
762
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1757
1857
1957
2057
2157
2258
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2760
2861
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3062
3162

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108020
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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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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317calm

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 5:55 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:556:10
212.35:556:10
312.35:546:10
412.35:546:10
512.35:546:11
612.35:546:11
712.35:536:11
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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 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.2Bright
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295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ejura

In seasonPeak

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

Ejura's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Ejura?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ejura.

What to pack for Ejura in May

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

In May, Ejura sees daytime highs around 33°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 Ejura 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 Ejura peaks around September 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 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 highSep 17UV 13Jan 9UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ejura 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 Ejura is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.4× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 17170 µg/m³Aug 1219 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec109Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ejura?

Ejura sits at 7.4°N, 1.4°W, 224 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Mampong, 36 km away.

NkoranzaAtebubuEffiduaseTechimanAgogoAhwiaaTafo

Topography around Ejura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ejura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 229 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 712 m.

The land around Ejura is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
210 m
80 km
712 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mampong 36 km · Nkoranza 44 km · Atebubu 58 km · Effiduase 60 km · Techiman 68 km · Agogo 72 km · Ahwiaa 74 km · Tafo 78 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 Ejura (7.3856°, -1.3562°, elevation 224 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).