Affery weather in May

In May, Affery sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 120 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 Affery's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Affery's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
23.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:03 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
80%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Affery is place in Lagunes, Ivory Coast.

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 32°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Affery reaches about 32°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.

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How May really feels in Affery

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.

Affery weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°215.311.74.0
Feb34° / 24°4710.411.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8618.9122.5
Apr33° / 24°9320.312.12.6
May32° / 24°12023.612.32.8
Jun30° / 23°12524.312.43.3
Jul29° / 22°9418.812.34.2
Aug29° / 22°8416.912.24.4
Sep30° / 23°11722.2123.6
Oct30° / 23°12024.711.93.2
Nov31° / 23°6816.411.73.7
Dec31° / 23°267.111.64.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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

Any precipitation

Affery gets around 120 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
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1574
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1774
1875
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2176
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2780
2881
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3082
3183

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15248
25248
35248
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55248
65248
75347
85347
95347
105446
115446
125545
135644
145644
155743
165842
175941
186040
196139
206238
216337
226436
236535
246733
256832
267030
277129
287327
297525
307624
317822

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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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 6:06 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:066:20
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512.26:056:20
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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 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in April 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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284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Affery

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Affery?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Affery.

What to pack for Affery in May

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

In May, Affery sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Affery 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 Affery peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Affery 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 Affery is worst in January — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1670 µg/m³Aug 2220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb63Unhealthy
Mar43Poor
Apr41Poor
May29Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Affery?

Affery sits at 6.3°N, 4.0°W, 106 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Akoupé, 10 km away.

BiébyBongouanouBécédi-BrignanM’BattoRubino

Topography around Affery

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Affery has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 105 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 602 m.

The land around Affery is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
136 m
80 km
602 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Akoupé 10 km · Adzopé 26 km · Arrah 39 km · Biéby 44 km · Bongouanou 46 km · Bécédi-Brignan 46 km · M’Batto 48 km · Rubino 48 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 Affery (6.3204°, -3.9524°, elevation 106 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).