Yegyi weather in May

In May, Yegyi sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 84 mm of rain across 13.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Yegyi's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yegyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:48 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Yegyi is capital town of Pru East in Bono 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Yegyi 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 36°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 Yegyi

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
25 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.

Yegyi 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
Jan34° / 23°30.611.63.7
Feb36° / 25°11211.72.4
Mar37° / 26°295.811.91.9
Apr35° / 26°5810.412.22.2
May34° / 25°8413.312.42.7
Jun32° / 25°8715.312.53.5
Jul30° / 24°13619.712.43.7
Aug29° / 24°16020.912.33.8
Sep30° / 24°18723.1123.3
Oct32° / 24°9614.411.83.7
Nov34° / 24°152.511.63.6
Dec34° / 23°20.511.53.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33367
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53367
63367
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113466
123466
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yegyi gets around 84 mm of rain over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
241
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541
641
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841
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2142
2243
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2646
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3150

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107426
207327
307228
407228
507129
607030
707030
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906931
1006832
1106832
1206832
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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69calm
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109calm
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159calm
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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 5:51 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:516:08
212.35:516:08
312.35:516:08
412.35:506:09
512.35:506:09
612.35:506:09
712.35:496:09
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1212.45:486:09
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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 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.3Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yegyi

In seasonPeak

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

Yegyi's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Yegyi?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yegyi.

What to pack for Yegyi in May

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yegyi 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 Yegyi peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highApr 14UV 13Dec 23UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Yegyi 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 Yegyi is worst in December — around 157 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 20150 µg/m³Aug 2416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan122Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr36Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yegyi?

Yegyi sits at 8.2°N, 0.6°W, 103 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Salaga, 39 km away.

AtebubuDambaiBimbilaKintampoEjuraTamaleNkoranza

Topography around Yegyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yegyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Yegyi is covered by water (38%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, water (44%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
186 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Salaga 39 km · Atebubu 64 km · Dambai 93 km · Bimbila 105 km · Kintampo 121 km · Ejura 122 km · Tamale 132 km · Nkoranza 138 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 Yegyi (8.2254°, -0.6489°, elevation 103 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).