Diégonéfla weather in May

In May, Diégonéfla sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 125 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Diégonéfla's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diégonéfla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:10 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Diégonéfla is place in Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Diégonéfla 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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How May really feels in Diégonéfla

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.

Diégonéfla weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°225.511.74.2
Feb34° / 23°5110.311.83.1
Mar33° / 23°9418.9122.7
Apr32° / 23°10220.312.12.7
May31° / 23°12523.212.32.9
Jun29° / 23°13723.512.43.5
Jul29° / 22°9019.412.34.2
Aug28° / 22°9918.912.24.3
Sep29° / 22°15224123.5
Oct30° / 23°12825.111.93.3
Nov30° / 22°6315.611.74.1
Dec31° / 22°246.311.65.0

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
41783
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61783
71783
81783
91783
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Diégonéfla gets around 125 mm of rain over 23.2 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 74% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
269
369
470
570
671
771
871
972
1072
1172
1272
1373
1473
1573
1673
1774
1874
1975
2075
2176
2276
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2478
2579
2679
2780
2881
2981
3081
3182

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19010
29010
39010
49010
5919
6919
7919
8919
9928
10928
11928
12937
13937
14937
15937
16937
17937
18937
19937
20937
21937
22937
23937
24937
25937
26937
27946
28946
29946
30955
31955

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
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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217calm
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267calm
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307calm
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 6:13 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:136:26
212.26:136:26
312.26:126:26
412.26:126:26
512.26:126:26
612.26:126:26
712.26:116:26
812.36:116:26
912.36:116:26
1012.36:116:26
1112.36:116:27
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1312.36:106:27
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1812.36:106:27
1912.36:106:28
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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 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 4.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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124.9Bright
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244.6Bright
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264.6Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Diégonéfla

In seasonPeak

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

Diégonéfla 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 Diégonéfla?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diégonéfla.

What to pack for Diégonéfla in May

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Diégonéfla 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 Diégonéfla peaks around April 14 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 14UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Diégonéfla 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 Diégonéfla is worst in January — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (September, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1858 µg/m³Sep 1113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan59Unhealthy
Feb52Poor
Mar32Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Diégonéfla?

Diégonéfla sits at 6.3°N, 5.6°W, 224 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Doukouya, 15 km away.

KonéflaGagnoaBayota

Topography around Diégonéfla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diégonéfla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 218 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m.

The land around Diégonéfla is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
289 m
80 km
614 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Doukouya 15 km · Moussadougou 20 km · Oumé 20 km · Guépaouo 25 km · Hiré 33 km · Konéfla 40 km · Gagnoa 45 km · Bayota 46 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 Diégonéfla (6.2892°, -5.5741°, elevation 224 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).