Macenta weather in May

In May, Macenta sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 282 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% 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 Macenta's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Macenta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
282 mm
27.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:22 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
85%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Macenta is human settlement.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Macenta reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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312821

How May really feels in Macenta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 9 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
9
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.

Macenta 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°19311.65.2
Feb32° / 20°436.311.74.2
Mar31° / 21°12616.211.93.7
Apr30° / 21°19123.112.23.4
May29° / 21°28227.912.43.2
Jun28° / 21°31828.212.53.4
Jul26° / 20°34629.112.43.6
Aug26° / 20°37129.112.33.6
Sep27° / 20°40228.912.13.4
Oct28° / 20°34029.311.83.4
Nov29° / 20°14817.911.64.5
Dec30° / 18°23411.55.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
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12892
13793
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Macenta gets around 282 mm of rain over 27.9 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 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
184
285
385
486
586
687
788
888
989
1090
1190
1291
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1491
1592
1692
1792
1892
1992
2092
2192
2292
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2491
2591
2691
2791
2891
2991
3092
3192

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 (%)
1595
2595
3595
4496
5496
6595
7595
8595
9595
10595
11694
12694
13793
14793
15892
16991
17991
181090
191189
201288
211387
221486
231585
241684
251783
261981
272080
282278
292377
302575
312674

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 6:26 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:266:44
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312.36:266:44
412.36:256:44
512.36:256:44
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712.36:246:45
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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 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.5Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Macenta

In seasonPeak

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

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

Macenta sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Macenta?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Macenta.

What to pack for Macenta in May

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

In May, Macenta sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Macenta in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Macenta peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Macenta 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 Macenta is worst in March — around 201 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 24.2× the cleanest month (August, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 15188 µg/m³Aug 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb119Unhealthy
Mar201Very unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May22Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Macenta?

Macenta sits at 8.5°N, 9.5°W, 546 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Voinjama, 33 km away.

GueckedouFoya KamaraYende MillimouBeylaKérouanéMoussadouKissidougou

Topography around Macenta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Macenta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m around an average of 568 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,259 m.

The land around Macenta is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
246 m
16 km
492 m
80 km
1,259 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Voinjama 33 km · Gueckedou 73 km · Foya Kamara 83 km · Yende Millimou 86 km · Beyla 92 km · Kérouané 95 km · Moussadou 97 km · Kissidougou 99 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

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 Macenta (8.5435°, -9.471°, elevation 546 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).