Kpandu weather in May

In May, Kpandu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 125 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Kpandu's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kpandu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 125 mm; 21.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:46 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Kpandu is town in Kpando Municipal District, 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kpandu reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

How May really feels in Kpandu

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

heat index over the day's high

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.

Kpandu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-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	32° / 25°	12	2.8	11.6	5.1
Feb	33° / 26°	20	5	11.8	4.1
Mar	33° / 26°	52	10.7	12	3.6
Apr	32° / 26°	73	15	12.1	3.4
May	31° / 25°	125	21.3	12.3	3.3
Jun	29° / 25°	173	24.7	12.4	3.4
Jul	28° / 24°	175	24.2	12.4	3.9
Aug	28° / 24°	182	23.4	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 24°	212	26.3	12	3.4
Oct	30° / 24°	164	25.9	11.8	3.3
Nov	31° / 25°	60	14.1	11.7	4.2
Dec	31° / 25°	15	3.6	11.6	5.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 (%)	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	24	23	23	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	76	77	77	79	79	80	80	81	82	83	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kpandu gets around 125 mm of rain over 21.3 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 68% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	62
4	63
5	63
6	64
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	70
21	70
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 69% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	36	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	50
Miserable (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	64	63	61	59	57	55	53	51	50

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	41	59
27	43	57
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	50	50

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	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	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 5:49 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:07 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)	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:49	6:03
2	12.2	5:48	6:03
3	12.3	5:48	6:03
4	12.3	5:48	6:03
5	12.3	5:48	6:03
6	12.3	5:47	6:04
7	12.3	5:47	6:04
8	12.3	5:47	6:04
9	12.3	5:47	6:04
10	12.3	5:46	6:04
11	12.3	5:46	6:04
12	12.3	5:46	6:04
13	12.3	5:46	6:04
14	12.3	5:46	6:04
15	12.3	5:46	6:04
16	12.3	5:46	6:05
17	12.3	5:45	6:05
18	12.3	5:45	6:05
19	12.3	5:45	6:05
20	12.3	5:45	6:05
21	12.3	5:45	6:05
22	12.3	5:45	6:06
23	12.3	5:45	6:06
24	12.4	5:45	6:06
25	12.4	5:45	6:06
26	12.4	5:45	6:06
27	12.4	5:45	6:07
28	12.4	5:45	6:07
29	12.4	5:45	6:07
30	12.4	5:45	6:07
31	12.4	5:45	6:07

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 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March 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)	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
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	5.7	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kpandu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kpandu 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 Kpandu?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kpandu.

What to pack for Kpandu in May

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

In May, Kpandu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kpandu 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 Kpandu peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very 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)	9	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	13	12	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Kpandu 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 Kpandu is worst in January — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.5× the cleanest month (September, 19 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)	145	94	41	37	23	20	20	20	19	23	33	103
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	145	Unhealthy
Feb	94	Unhealthy
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	23	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	103	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kpandu?

Kpandu sits at 7.0°N, 0.3°E, 153 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Hohoe, 26 km away.

Topography around Kpandu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kpandu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Kpandu is covered by trees (44%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (36%), water (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

169 m

trees 44%

16 km

360 m

trees 36%

80 km

960 m

trees 35%

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

May weather nearby: Hohoe 26 km · Kpalimé 39 km · Ho 48 km · Badou 74 km · Notsé 97 km · Begoro 100 km · Atakpamé 110 km · Akatsi 111 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 Kpandu (6.9954°, 0.2931°, elevation 153 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	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	25
9	31	25
10	31	25
11	31	25
12	31	25
13	31	25
14	31	25
15	31	25
16	31	25
17	31	25
18	31	25
19	31	25
20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
23	31	25
24	30	25
25	30	25
26	30	25
27	30	25
28	30	25
29	30	25
30	30	25
31	30	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	62
4	63
5	63
6	64
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	70
21	70
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	41	59
27	43	57
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	50	50

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	62
4	63
5	63
6	64
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	70
21	70
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	41	59
27	43	57
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	50	50

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	62
3	62
4	63
5	63
6	64
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	70
21	70
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	41	59
27	43	57
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	50	50