Dabakala weather in May

In May, Dabakala sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 107 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Dabakala's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dabakala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:03 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
76%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Dabakala 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

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

A typical May day in Dabakala 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 35°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 Dabakala

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.

Dabakala weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°121.811.64.0
Feb35° / 22°254.311.72.9
Mar35° / 24°7612.511.92.4
Apr34° / 24°10115.812.22.6
May32° / 24°10717.112.43.0
Jun31° / 23°1211812.53.6
Jul29° / 22°14421.712.43.7
Aug29° / 22°18023.712.33.6
Sep30° / 22°19324.7123.1
Oct32° / 22°11318.811.83.3
Nov33° / 22°377.111.63.8
Dec33° / 21°101.811.54.4

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22476
32476
42476
52476
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72476
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112476
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212377
222377
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292179
302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dabakala gets around 107 mm of rain over 17.1 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 55% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
154
254
354
454
554
655
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3057
3157

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 94% 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
50955
60955
70955
80955
90946
100946
110946
120946
130937
140937
150937
161927
171927
181927
191927
201927
211927
222917
232926
242926
252926
262935
272935
282935
292944
302944
312953

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:066:24
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312.36:066:24
412.36:056:24
512.36:056:24
612.36:056:24
712.36:046:24
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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 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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95.3Bright
105.2Bright
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145.2Bright
155.2Bright
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175.1Bright
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225.0Bright
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245.0Bright
255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Dabakala

In seasonPeak

In May, Dabakala sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dabakala's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Dabakala?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dabakala.

What to pack for Dabakala in May

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

In May, Dabakala sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dabakala 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 Dabakala peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Dabakala 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 Dabakala is worst in December — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 2189 µg/m³Aug 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan80Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar40Poor
Apr38Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec91Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dabakala?

Dabakala sits at 8.4°N, 4.4°W, 254 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Katiola, 78 km away.

KatiolaFronanKongBouakéNiakaramandougouM’BahiakroTafiréSakassou

Topography around Dabakala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dabakala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m.

The land around Dabakala is covered by trees (61%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
214 m
80 km
527 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Katiola 78 km · Fronan 78 km · Kong 90 km · Bouaké 100 km · Niakaramandougou 100 km · M’Bahiakro 101 km · Tafiré 113 km · Sakassou 139 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 Dabakala (8.3632°, -4.4286°, elevation 254 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).