Bonon weather in May

In May, Bonon sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 103 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bonon's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bonon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
103 mm
19 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:11 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Bonon is city of côte d'ivoire.

Density
231/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bonon reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°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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How May really feels in Bonon

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.

Bonon weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°173.811.63.7
Feb35° / 23°41711.82.8
Mar34° / 24°7814.7122.5
Apr33° / 24°9316.912.12.7
May32° / 24°1031912.32.9
Jun31° / 23°9818.412.43.6
Jul29° / 23°8616.812.44.3
Aug29° / 22°11118.312.24.2
Sep30° / 23°16723.9123.4
Oct31° / 23°9919.411.83.7
Nov31° / 23°399.811.74.2
Dec32° / 22°143.611.64.5

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41882
51882
61981
71981
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92080
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112080
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bonon gets around 103 mm of rain over 19 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 61% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
256
357
457
557
657
758
858
958
1059
1159
1260
1360
1461
1561
1661
1761
1862
1962
2063
2163
2264
2364
2465
2565
2666
2766
2867
2967
3067
3168

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10964
20964
30964
40964
50964
60964
70964
80964
90973
100973
110973
120973
130973
140973
150973
160973
170973
180982
190982
200982
210982
220973
230973
240973
250973
260973
270973
281963
291963
301972
311972

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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318calm

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 6:14 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:146:29
212.26:146:29
312.36:146:29
412.36:136:29
512.36:136:29
612.36:136:29
712.36:136:29
812.36:126:29
912.36:126:29
1012.36:126:29
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1312.36:116:29
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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 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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204.9Bright
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274.8Bright
284.7Bright
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304.7Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bonon

In seasonPeak

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

Bonon 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 Bonon?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bonon.

What to pack for Bonon in May

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

In May, Bonon sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bonon 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 Bonon 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bonon 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 Bonon 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 Bonon?

Bonon sits at 6.9°N, 6.0°W, 260 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Bognonzra, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Bonon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bonon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 254 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m.

The land around Bonon is covered by grassland (36%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
505 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bognonzra 9.0 km · Gonaté 22 km · Zaliohouan 25 km · Luénoufla 27 km · Gadouan 33 km · Bouaflé 34 km · Sinfra 37 km · Bédiala 38 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 Bonon (6.9268°, -6.0489°, elevation 260 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).