Arrah weather in May

In May, Arrah sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 109 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Arrah's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
20.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:03 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
78%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Arrah is city of côte d'ivoire.

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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Arrah 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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313123

How May really feels in Arrah

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.

Arrah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°173.611.73.9
Feb35° / 24°438.311.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8015.5122.5
Apr33° / 24°9217.912.12.7
May32° / 24°10920.512.32.9
Jun30° / 23°11120.812.43.5
Jul29° / 22°8918.512.34.2
Aug29° / 22°9317.612.24.3
Sep30° / 23°12521.7123.6
Oct30° / 23°10120.511.93.6
Nov31° / 23°4710.211.74.3
Dec32° / 22°174.111.64.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
42080
52080
62179
72179
82179
92278
102278
112278
122377
132377
142377
152377
162377
172278
182278
192179
202080
212080
221981
231882
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271486
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291486
301486
311387

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Arrah gets around 109 mm of rain over 20.5 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 66% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
164
264
364
464
564
664
764
864
964
1064
1164
1264
1364
1465
1565
1665
1765
1866
1966
2066
2167
2267
2368
2468
2569
2669
2770
2871
2971
3071
3172

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18218
28218
38218
48218
58317
68317
78317
88317
98317
108317
118317
128317
138317
148317
158317
168317
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188416
198416
208416
218515
228515
238614
248713
258812
268812
278911
289010
29919
30928
31928

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
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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167calm
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287calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:066:20
212.26:066:20
312.26:066:20
412.26:056:20
512.36:056:20
612.36:056:20
712.36:056:20
812.36:046:20
912.36:046:20
1012.36:046:21
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1312.36:036:21
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2912.46:036:24
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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 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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85.0Bright
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105.0Bright
115.0Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
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204.8Bright
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244.7Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Arrah

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Arrah?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arrah.

What to pack for Arrah in May

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

In May, Arrah sees daytime highs around 32°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 Arrah 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 Arrah peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Arrah 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 Arrah is worst in January — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateJan 2068 µg/m³Aug 2417 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar38Poor
Apr36Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Arrah?

Arrah sits at 6.7°N, 4.0°W, 143 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Andé, 18 km away.

DaoukroM’BattoAbengourouAdzopé

Topography around Arrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m.

The land around Arrah is covered by trees (43%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
580 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Andé 18 km · Bongouanou 26 km · Akoupé 33 km · Affery 39 km · Daoukro 43 km · M’Batto 48 km · Abengourou 53 km · Adzopé 64 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 Arrah (6.6734°, -3.9694°, elevation 143 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).