Duekoué weather in May

In May, Duekoué sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 126 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Duekoué's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Duekoué's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
126 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:16 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Duekoué is place in Montagnes, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Duekoué reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°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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How May really feels in Duekoué

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.

Duekoué weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°183.611.74.7
Feb33° / 23°43711.83.5
Mar33° / 24°8915.1123.1
Apr32° / 24°10417.812.13.1
May31° / 24°1262112.33.1
Jun30° / 23°13622.512.43.5
Jul28° / 22°12521.512.44.1
Aug28° / 22°15323.212.24.1
Sep29° / 23°20126.5123.2
Oct30° / 23°13523.911.93.4
Nov30° / 23°5613.711.74.4
Dec30° / 22°184.111.65.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31585
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Duekoué gets around 126 mm of rain over 21 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 69% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
261
362
462
563
663
764
864
965
1066
1166
1267
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1469
1570
1670
1771
1871
1971
2071
2172
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2473
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2774
2875
2975
3076
3176

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1955
2955
3955
4955
5955
6955
7955
8955
9955
10955
11955
12955
13955
14955
15955
16964
17964
18964
19964
20964
21964
22964
23964
24964
25973
26973
27973
28973
29973
30982
31982

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
18calm
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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 6:20 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:206:34
212.26:196:34
312.26:196:34
412.26:196:34
512.36:186:34
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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 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Duekoué

In seasonPeak

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

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

Duekoué sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Duekoué?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Duekoué.

What to pack for Duekoué in May

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

In May, Duekoué sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Duekoué 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 Duekoué 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 14UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Duekoué 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 Duekoué is worst in February — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 950 µg/m³Sep 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar33Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Duekoué?

Duekoué sits at 6.7°N, 7.3°W, 231 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Fengolo, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Duekoué

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Duekoué has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 240 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 813 m.

The land around Duekoué is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), trees (28%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
813 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Fengolo 7.0 km · Bahé-Blaon 8.0 km · Diéhiba 19 km · Goya 21 km · Diourouzon 25 km · Guézon 26 km · Guiglo 27 km · Kranzadougou 33 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 Duekoué (6.742°, -7.3492°, elevation 231 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).