Nzérékoré weather in May

In May, Nzérékoré sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 196 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Nzérékoré's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nzérékoré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
196 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:21 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Nzérékoré 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nzérékoré reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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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How May really feels in Nzérékoré

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
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.

Nzérékoré weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°274.111.65.1
Feb32° / 21°547.911.74.0
Mar31° / 22°11816.511.93.6
Apr30° / 22°14220.712.23.4
May30° / 22°19625.112.33.3
Jun28° / 22°20826.812.43.5
Jul27° / 21°2202712.43.8
Aug27° / 21°2752712.33.8
Sep28° / 21°26828.1123.5
Oct29° / 21°19127.211.83.4
Nov29° / 21°8916.811.64.5
Dec30° / 20°245.211.65.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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

Any precipitation

Nzérékoré gets around 196 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
276
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3084
3185

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1199
2199
3199
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5199
6199
7199
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10199
11199
12199
13298
14298
15298
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17298
18397
19397
20397
21496
22496
23595
24595
25694
26694
27793
28793
29892
30892
31991

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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

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 6:24 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:246:41
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312.36:246:41
412.36:236:41
512.36:236:41
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812.36:226:41
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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 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Nzérékoré

In seasonPeak

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

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

Nzérékoré 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 Nzérékoré?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nzérékoré.

What to pack for Nzérékoré in May

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

In May, Nzérékoré sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nzérékoré 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 Nzérékoré peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 18UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Nzérékoré 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 Nzérékoré is worst in March — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.7× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 1286 µg/m³Aug 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May24Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Nzérékoré?

Nzérékoré sits at 7.8°N, 8.8°W, 482 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Lola, 32 km away.

SanniquellieGantaSaclepeaDananéBeylaGbarnga

Topography around Nzérékoré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nzérékoré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 478 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,500 m.

The land around Nzérékoré is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
377 m
80 km
1,500 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Lola 32 km · New Yekepa 37 km · Sanniquellie 45 km · Ganta 61 km · Saclepea 88 km · Danané 92 km · Beyla 106 km · Gbarnga 111 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 Nzérékoré (7.7562°, -8.8179°, elevation 482 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).