Bayota weather in May

In May, Bayota sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 120 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 2% 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 Bayota's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayota's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:11 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
80%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

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 Bayota reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313023

How May really feels in Bayota

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.

Bayota 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
Jan32° / 21°215.111.74.3
Feb34° / 23°518.711.83.2
Mar33° / 23°9117.2122.8
Apr32° / 23°971812.12.9
May31° / 23°12021.712.33.0
Jun30° / 23°12021.512.43.6
Jul29° / 22°8517.212.34.5
Aug28° / 22°1031912.24.3
Sep29° / 22°16124.5123.4
Oct30° / 22°12823.411.93.4
Nov31° / 22°5213.211.74.2
Dec31° / 22°214.711.65.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31585
41585
51585
61585
71684
81684
91684
101684
111684
121684
131783
141783
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201684
211585
221486
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301288
311288

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bayota gets around 120 mm of rain over 21.7 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 70% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
163
264
365
465
566
666
767
868
968
1069
1169
1270
1370
1470
1571
1671
1771
1871
1971
2071
2171
2271
2372
2472
2572
2673
2773
2874
2974
3074
3175

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10955
20955
30955
40955
50955
60955
70955
80955
90955
100955
110964
120964
130964
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150964
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210964
220973
230973
240973
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260973
270973
280973
290973
300973
311963

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
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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227calm
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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 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 6:14 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:146:28
212.26:146:28
312.26:146:28
412.26:136:28
512.26:136:28
612.26:136:28
712.36:136:28
812.36:136:28
912.36:126:28
1012.36:126:28
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1312.36:126:29
1412.36:126:29
1512.36:116:29
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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 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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45.1Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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115.0Bright
124.9Bright
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214.7Bright
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244.7Bright
254.6Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bayota

In seasonPeak

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

Bayota sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

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

Is May a good time to visit Bayota?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bayota.

What to pack for Bayota in May

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

In May, Bayota sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bayota 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 Bayota peaks around April 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 15UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bayota 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 Bayota is worst in January — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (September, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorJan 2163 µg/m³Sep 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb61Unhealthy
Mar32Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bayota?

Bayota sits at 6.5°N, 6.0°W, 240 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Sinfra, 18 km away.

DignagoKonéfla

Topography around Bayota

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 237 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m.

The land around Bayota is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
532 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Sinfra 18 km · Guépaouo 27 km · Gadouan 32 km · Guibéroua 35 km · Saïoua 36 km · Gagnoa 37 km · Dignago 41 km · Konéfla 44 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 Bayota (6.4648°, -5.9543°, elevation 240 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).