Daoukro weather in May

In May, Daoukro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 105 mm of rain across 19.3 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 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 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 Daoukro's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daoukro's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 105 mm; 19.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:02 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Daoukro is city in Ivory Coast.

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

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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 Daoukro 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.

	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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Daoukro

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

heat index over the day's high

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.

Daoukro 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	34° / 22°	16	3.3	11.6	3.8
Feb	35° / 23°	42	7.5	11.8	2.8
Mar	34° / 24°	82	15	12	2.5
Apr	33° / 24°	94	16.9	12.2	2.7
May	32° / 24°	105	19.3	12.3	2.9
Jun	30° / 23°	106	19.8	12.4	3.6
Jul	29° / 22°	86	17.2	12.4	4.3
Aug	29° / 22°	100	17.7	12.2	4.3
Sep	30° / 23°	136	22.4	12	3.5
Oct	31° / 23°	102	20.2	11.8	3.6
Nov	31° / 23°	44	8.8	11.7	4.3
Dec	32° / 22°	15	3.5	11.6	4.6

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%.

	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 (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Cloudier (%)	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	82	82	82	84	84	85	85	85	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Daoukro gets around 105 mm of rain over 19.3 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 62% and peaks near 68% 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 (%)	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	60
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	61
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	63
22	63
23	64
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	66
28	67
29	67
30	68
31	68

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 88% 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 (%)	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	94	94	95
Miserable (%)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

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.

	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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:25 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	12.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	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	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:06	6:20
2	12.3	6:05	6:20
3	12.3	6:05	6:20
4	12.3	6:05	6:21
5	12.3	6:05	6:21
6	12.3	6:04	6:21
7	12.3	6:04	6:21
8	12.3	6:04	6:21
9	12.3	6:04	6:21
10	12.3	6:03	6:21
11	12.3	6:03	6:21
12	12.3	6:03	6:21
13	12.3	6:03	6:21
14	12.3	6:03	6:21
15	12.3	6:03	6:22
16	12.3	6:02	6:22
17	12.3	6:02	6:22
18	12.3	6:02	6:22
19	12.3	6:02	6:22
20	12.3	6:02	6:22
21	12.3	6:02	6:23
22	12.3	6:02	6:23
23	12.3	6:02	6:23
24	12.4	6:02	6:23
25	12.4	6:02	6:23
26	12.4	6:02	6:23
27	12.4	6:02	6:24
28	12.4	6:02	6:24
29	12.4	6:02	6:24
30	12.4	6:02	6:24
31	12.4	6:02	6:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.9 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Daoukro

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Daoukro?

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 Daoukro.

What to pack for Daoukro in May

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

In May, Daoukro 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 Daoukro 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 Daoukro peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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)	9	12	13	14	12	11	10	12	13	12	10	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Daoukro 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 Daoukro 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	68	66	38	36	23	20	19	17	17	22	30	62
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	68	Unhealthy
Feb	66	Unhealthy
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	36	Poor
May	23	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	62	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Daoukro?

Daoukro sits at 7.1°N, 4.0°W, 188 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Andé, 34 km away.

Topography around Daoukro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daoukro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 195 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m.

The land around Daoukro is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

trees 45%

16 km

288 m

trees 84%

80 km

544 m

trees 84%

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

May weather nearby: Andé 34 km · Arrah 43 km · Bongouanou 53 km · M’Bahiakro 61 km · Abengourou 63 km · Akoupé 76 km · M’Batto 78 km · Affery 82 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 Daoukro (7.0591°, -3.9631°, elevation 188 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	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	60
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	61
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	63
22	63
23	64
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	66
28	67
29	67
30	68
31	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	60
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	61
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	63
22	63
23	64
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	66
28	67
29	67
30	68
31	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	60
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	61
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	63
22	63
23	64
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	66
28	67
29	67
30	68
31	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5