Nalerigu weather in May

In May, Nalerigu sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nalerigu's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nalerigu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:43 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
67%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Nalerigu is Capital town of North East 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 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nalerigu reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Nalerigu

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.

Nalerigu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°00.111.54.5
Feb36° / 23°40.811.72.8
Mar38° / 26°163.211.91.5
Apr37° / 27°478.512.21.7
May34° / 25°7512.512.52.7
Jun32° / 24°7613.412.63.6
Jul30° / 23°16622.412.63.6
Aug29° / 23°24426.912.33.4
Sep30° / 23°17421.512.13.7
Oct32° / 23°6411.311.84.0
Nov34° / 21°50.811.53.8
Dec33° / 20°0011.44.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43664
53763
63664
73763
83763
93862
103862
113862
123862
133862
143961
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nalerigu gets around 75 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3043
3143

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113843
213843
312853
411863
510864
610864
79874
88884
97894
107894
116904
126904
135914
145914
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215914
225914
235914
245914
255905
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285905
295905
305905
314915

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 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 5:48 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:486:10
212.45:476:10
312.45:476:10
412.45:476:10
512.45:466:10
612.45:466:10
712.45:466:11
812.45:456:11
912.45:456:11
1012.45:456:11
1112.45:446:11
1212.55:446:11
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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 6.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.2Intense
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126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
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166.1Intense
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206.1Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.8Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nalerigu

In seasonPeak

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

Nalerigu's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Nalerigu sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is May a good time to visit Nalerigu?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nalerigu.

What to pack for Nalerigu in May

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

In May, Nalerigu sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Nalerigu 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 Nalerigu peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Nalerigu 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 Nalerigu is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 2282 µg/m³Aug 915 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb82Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr41Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov53Poor
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nalerigu?

Nalerigu sits at 10.5°N, 0.4°W, 353 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Bolgatanga, 60 km away.

BolgatangaBawkuDapaongSinkasséCinkanséZabréBittouNavrongo

Topography around Nalerigu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nalerigu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 345 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Nalerigu is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
341 m
80 km
412 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bolgatanga 60 km · Bawku 61 km · Dapaong 73 km · Sinkassé 76 km · Cinkansé 78 km · Zabré 78 km · Bittou 82 km · Navrongo 89 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 Nalerigu (10.5273°, -0.3698°, elevation 353 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).