Bécédi-Brignan weather in May

In May, Bécédi-Brignan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 163 mm of rain across 27.2 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 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Bécédi-Brignan's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bécédi-Brignan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 163 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:04 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

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

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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 Bécédi-Brignan 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.

	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	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Bécédi-Brignan

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

2 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

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.

Bécédi-Brignan 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	38	8.9	11.7	4.0
Feb	33° / 24°	66	13.9	11.8	2.9
Mar	33° / 24°	118	22.2	12	2.5
Apr	32° / 24°	126	23.1	12.1	2.6
May	31° / 23°	163	27.2	12.3	2.6
Jun	29° / 23°	176	26.9	12.3	3.0
Jul	29° / 22°	128	22.5	12.3	3.8
Aug	29° / 22°	97	19.7	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 23°	155	25.2	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 23°	163	28.2	11.9	2.8
Nov	31° / 23°	111	22.8	11.7	3.1
Dec	31° / 22°	50	12.6	11.7	4.2

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 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	91

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	9	91

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bécédi-Brignan gets around 163 mm of rain over 27.2 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 87% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	92
30	92
31	92

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 61% 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	35	36	37	39	40	42	43	45	46	48	49	51	53	55	56	58	60	62
Miserable (%)	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	65	64	63	61	60	58	57	55	54	52	51	49	47	45	44	42	40	38

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	51	49
26	53	47
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	58	42
30	60	40
31	62	38

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 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:07 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:23 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:07	6:19
2	12.2	6:07	6:19
3	12.2	6:07	6:19
4	12.2	6:06	6:19
5	12.2	6:06	6:19
6	12.2	6:06	6:20
7	12.2	6:06	6:20
8	12.2	6:05	6:20
9	12.2	6:05	6:20
10	12.2	6:05	6:20
11	12.2	6:05	6:20
12	12.3	6:05	6:20
13	12.3	6:05	6:20
14	12.3	6:04	6:20
15	12.3	6:04	6:20
16	12.3	6:04	6:20
17	12.3	6:04	6:20
18	12.3	6:04	6:21
19	12.3	6:04	6:21
20	12.3	6:04	6:21
21	12.3	6:04	6:21
22	12.3	6:04	6:21
23	12.3	6:04	6:21
24	12.3	6:04	6:22
25	12.3	6:04	6:22
26	12.3	6:04	6:22
27	12.3	6:04	6:22
28	12.3	6:04	6:22
29	12.3	6:04	6:22
30	12.3	6:04	6:23
31	12.3	6:04	6:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.1 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 4.66 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)	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	5.0	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bécédi-Brignan

In seasonPeak

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

Bécédi-Brignan sees seasonal dust haze (January–February), heaviest in February.

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Bécédi-Brignan?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bécédi-Brignan.

What to pack for Bécédi-Brignan in May

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

In May, Bécédi-Brignan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

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UV index in Bécédi-Brignan 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 Bécédi-Brignan peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 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.

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

Air quality in Bécédi-Brignan 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 Bécédi-Brignan 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	71	63	43	41	29	25	23	20	21	26	36	63
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	71	Unhealthy
Feb	63	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	29	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	63	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bécédi-Brignan?

Bécédi-Brignan sits at 5.9°N, 4.0°W, 96 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Agboville, 22 km away.

Topography around Bécédi-Brignan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bécédi-Brignan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m.

The land around Bécédi-Brignan is covered by trees (85%) within 3 km, trees (96%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

trees 85%

16 km

180 m

trees 96%

80 km

474 m

trees 90%

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

May weather nearby: Agboville 22 km · Adzopé 28 km · Azaguié 32 km · Rubino 37 km · Biéby 46 km · Affery 46 km · Anyama 46 km · Akoupé 55 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 Bécédi-Brignan (5.9091°, -4.0128°, elevation 96 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	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	51	49
26	53	47
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	58	42
30	60	40
31	62	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	51	49
26	53	47
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	58	42
30	60	40
31	62	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	87
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	51	49
26	53	47
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	58	42
30	60	40
31	62	38