Dimbokro weather in May

In May, Dimbokro sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 98 mm of rain across 18.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. 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 Dimbokro's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dimbokro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
18.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:06 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Dimbokro 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Dimbokro reaches about 33°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 31°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 Dimbokro

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
2 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Dimbokro 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°153.411.73.6
Feb35° / 24°417.611.82.6
Mar35° / 24°7915.3122.2
Apr34° / 24°9717.412.12.4
May33° / 24°9818.812.32.7
Jun31° / 23°1061912.43.4
Jul30° / 23°781712.34.1
Aug29° / 23°9416.812.24.2
Sep31° / 23°13021.4123.4
Oct32° / 23°9019.111.93.3
Nov32° / 23°409.711.73.9
Dec33° / 22°143.211.64.3

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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52179
62179
72179
82179
92179
102278
112278
122278
132278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dimbokro gets around 98 mm of rain over 18.8 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 66% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
358
459
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659
759
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1059
1159
1260
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1460
1560
1660
1761
1861
1961
2061
2161
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2664
2764
2865
2965
3066
3166

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17525
27525
37624
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87624
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288515
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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
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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 6:09 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:096:23
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312.26:096:23
412.26:086:23
512.36:086:23
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812.36:076:23
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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 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.6Bright
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304.5Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Dimbokro

In seasonPeak

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

Dimbokro 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 Dimbokro?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dimbokro.

What to pack for Dimbokro in May

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

In May, Dimbokro sees daytime highs around 33°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 Dimbokro 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 Dimbokro peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Dimbokro 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 Dimbokro is worst in January — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateJan 1874 µg/m³Sep 916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr34Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dimbokro?

Dimbokro sits at 6.6°N, 4.7°W, 94 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Toumodi, 36 km away.

M’BattoBongouanouYamoussoukroAndéNzianouanRubinoTiébissou

Topography around Dimbokro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dimbokro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 88 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m.

The land around Dimbokro is covered by trees (39%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, trees (56%), shrubs (23%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
107 m
80 km
599 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Toumodi 36 km · M’Batto 43 km · Bongouanou 55 km · Yamoussoukro 66 km · Andé 70 km · Nzianouan 72 km · Rubino 78 km · Tiébissou 81 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 Dimbokro (6.6468°, -4.7052°, elevation 94 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).