Aboka weather in May

In May, Aboka sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 123 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Aboka's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aboka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 123 mm; 21.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:15 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Aboka reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Aboka

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Aboka weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	18	3.7	11.7	4.5
Feb	34° / 24°	48	7.4	11.8	3.3
Mar	33° / 24°	87	15.3	12	2.9
Apr	32° / 24°	95	17.5	12.1	3.0
May	31° / 24°	123	21.1	12.3	3.1
Jun	30° / 23°	122	20.7	12.4	3.6
Jul	29° / 23°	99	18.7	12.3	4.3
Aug	28° / 22°	129	20.4	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 23°	171	25.1	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 23°	141	24.4	11.9	3.3
Nov	30° / 23°	60	14.7	11.7	4.2
Dec	31° / 22°	22	5.3	11.6	5.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aboka gets around 123 mm of rain over 21.1 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 68% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	70
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96
Miserable (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
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16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
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22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:18 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:18	6:31
2	12.2	6:17	6:31
3	12.2	6:17	6:31
4	12.2	6:17	6:31
5	12.2	6:17	6:31
6	12.3	6:16	6:31
7	12.3	6:16	6:32
8	12.3	6:16	6:32
9	12.3	6:16	6:32
10	12.3	6:16	6:32
11	12.3	6:15	6:32
12	12.3	6:15	6:32
13	12.3	6:15	6:32
14	12.3	6:15	6:32
15	12.3	6:15	6:32
16	12.3	6:15	6:32
17	12.3	6:14	6:33
18	12.3	6:14	6:33
19	12.3	6:14	6:33
20	12.3	6:14	6:33
21	12.3	6:14	6:33
22	12.3	6:14	6:33
23	12.3	6:14	6:34
24	12.3	6:14	6:34
25	12.3	6:14	6:34
26	12.3	6:14	6:34
27	12.3	6:14	6:34
28	12.3	6:14	6:34
29	12.3	6:14	6:35
30	12.3	6:14	6:35
31	12.3	6:14	6:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Aboka

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Aboka?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aboka.

What to pack for Aboka in May

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

In May, Aboka sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Aboka 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 Aboka peaks around April 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	12	14	12	11	9	11	13	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Aboka 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 Aboka is worst in February — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (September, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	55	55	31	32	19	16	15	13	12	16	24	46
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	55	Unhealthy
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Aboka?

Aboka sits at 6.5°N, 6.8°W, 227 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Zoukougbeu, 25 km away.

Topography around Aboka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aboka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 239 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 840 m.

The land around Aboka is covered by trees (80%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

trees 80%

16 km

189 m

trees 81%

80 km

840 m

trees 83%

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← April Aboka year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Zoukougbeu 25 km · Issia 26 km · Guéssabo 27 km · Buyo 35 km · Belleville 37 km · Gbapleu 39 km · Guézon 40 km · Belleville 41 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,050; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 36%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 24.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 393

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 Aboka (6.5387°, -6.8159°, elevation 227 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	70
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	70
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	64
8	65
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	67
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	70
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4