Yendi weather in May

In May, Yendi sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-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 14% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yendi's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yendi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:43 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Yendi is human settlement in 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 Yendi reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°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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How May really feels in Yendi

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
23 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.

Yendi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°30.411.53.9
Feb36° / 24°71.211.72.3
Mar37° / 26°214.911.91.5
Apr36° / 27°509.512.21.9
May34° / 26°6511.612.42.7
Jun32° / 24°7714.312.53.5
Jul30° / 24°15622.712.53.4
Aug29° / 23°23326.512.33.3
Sep30° / 23°19623.612.13.3
Oct32° / 23°8213.611.83.8
Nov34° / 22°81.611.63.7
Dec34° / 21°10.311.53.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yendi gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.6 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 38% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 5:47 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:476:07
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yendi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Yendi sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Yendi?

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
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yendi.

What to pack for Yendi in May

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

In May, Yendi sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yendi 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 Yendi peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Yendi 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 Yendi is worst in January — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 17107 µg/m³Aug 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan109Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar52Poor
Apr38Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov50Poor
Dec88Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yendi?

Yendi sits at 9.4°N, 0.0°W, 208 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Bimbila, 66 km away.

BimbilaBassarTamaleSaveluguSalagaMangoNaleriguNiamtougou

Topography around Yendi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yendi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m.

The land around Yendi is covered by cropland (36%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
444 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bimbila 66 km · Bassar 89 km · Tamale 91 km · Savelugu 92 km · Salaga 114 km · Mango 115 km · Nalerigu 127 km · Niamtougou 128 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 Yendi (9.4427°, -0.0099°, elevation 208 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).