Goaso weather in May

In May, Goaso sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 113 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-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 Goaso's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goaso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
113 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:57 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
78%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Goaso is capital of Ahafo 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 Goaso 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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How May really feels in Goaso

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.

Goaso weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°163.511.63.9
Feb35° / 24°397.511.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8415.7122.6
Apr33° / 24°9717.112.12.8
May32° / 24°11320.712.33.0
Jun30° / 23°11921.412.43.5
Jul29° / 23°8818.212.44.3
Aug28° / 22°8516.812.24.5
Sep29° / 23°11922.4123.7
Oct30° / 23°10721.711.83.5
Nov31° / 23°4911.111.74.2
Dec32° / 22°174.111.64.7

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
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62179
72278
82278
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112278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Goaso gets around 113 mm of rain over 20.7 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 66% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
164
264
365
465
565
665
765
865
965
1065
1164
1264
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1464
1564
1664
1764
1865
1965
2066
2166
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3071
3171

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18911
28911
38911
48911
59010
69010
79010
89010
99010
10919
11919
12919
13919
14919
15928
16928
17928
18928
19928
20928
21928
22937
23937
24937
25937
26937
27946
28946
29955
30955
31955

Wind in May

Winds average 8 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
18calm
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317calm

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 6:00 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:006:14
212.26:006:14
312.26:006:14
412.35:596:14
512.35:596:15
612.35:596:15
712.35:596:15
812.35:586:15
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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 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.86 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 Goaso

In seasonPeak

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

Goaso 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 Goaso?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Goaso.

What to pack for Goaso in May

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

In May, Goaso sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Goaso 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 Goaso peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 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 9UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Goaso 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 Goaso is worst in February — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyFeb 1092 µg/m³Aug 1719 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr39Poor
May24Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec72Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Goaso?

Goaso sits at 6.8°N, 2.5°W, 201 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Mim, 12 km away.

AtronieTepaBibianiDuayaw-NkwantaBechemSunyaniDomaa-Ahenkro

Topography around Goaso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goaso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 738 m.

The land around Goaso is covered by trees (61%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
105 m
16 km
155 m
80 km
738 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mim 12 km · Atronie 41 km · Tepa 45 km · Bibiani 45 km · Duayaw-Nkwanta 62 km · Bechem 63 km · Sunyani 63 km · Domaa-Ahenkro 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 Goaso (6.8036°, -2.5172°, elevation 201 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).