Guiglo weather in May

In May, Guiglo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 137 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Guiglo's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guiglo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 137 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:17 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Guiglo is town in Guiglo Department, Cavally Region, Montagnes District, western Côte d'Ivoire.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Guiglo 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 32°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)	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Guiglo

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.

Guiglo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	17	4.2	11.7	4.8
Feb	33° / 23°	42	7.3	11.8	3.7
Mar	32° / 23°	95	16.1	12	3.2
Apr	32° / 23°	109	18.5	12.1	3.1
May	31° / 23°	137	22.2	12.3	3.1
Jun	29° / 23°	140	22.9	12.4	3.6
Jul	28° / 22°	107	19.9	12.3	4.4
Aug	28° / 22°	150	22.3	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 23°	198	25.9	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 23°	130	23.2	11.9	3.5
Nov	30° / 22°	47	12.2	11.7	4.5
Dec	30° / 22°	18	4.5	11.6	5.5

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	14
Cloudier (%)	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	87	86	86	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Guiglo gets around 137 mm of rain over 22.2 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 71% and peaks near 76% 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 (%)	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	76
31	76

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 95% 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 (%)	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97
Miserable (%)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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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 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 6:20 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:38 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:20	6:34
2	12.2	6:20	6:34
3	12.2	6:20	6:34
4	12.2	6:20	6:34
5	12.2	6:19	6:34
6	12.3	6:19	6:34
7	12.3	6:19	6:34
8	12.3	6:19	6:34
9	12.3	6:18	6:34
10	12.3	6:18	6:34
11	12.3	6:18	6:35
12	12.3	6:18	6:35
13	12.3	6:18	6:35
14	12.3	6:18	6:35
15	12.3	6:17	6:35
16	12.3	6:17	6:35
17	12.3	6:17	6:35
18	12.3	6:17	6:35
19	12.3	6:17	6:36
20	12.3	6:17	6:36
21	12.3	6:17	6:36
22	12.3	6:17	6:36
23	12.3	6:17	6:36
24	12.3	6:17	6:36
25	12.3	6:17	6:37
26	12.3	6:17	6:37
27	12.3	6:17	6:37
28	12.3	6:17	6:37
29	12.3	6:17	6:37
30	12.3	6:17	6:38
31	12.3	6:17	6:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.79 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Guiglo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Guiglo 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 Guiglo?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guiglo.

What to pack for Guiglo in May

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

In May, Guiglo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guiglo 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 Guiglo peaks around April 15 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	12	13	12	11	9	11	13	12	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Guiglo 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 Guiglo 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	49	51	33	34	19	16	14	11	11	15	22	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Guiglo?

Guiglo sits at 6.5°N, 7.5°W, 212 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Goya, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Guiglo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guiglo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 209 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 830 m.

The land around Guiglo is covered by trees (38%), grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

trees 38%

16 km

105 m

trees 78%

80 km

830 m

trees 91%

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

May weather nearby: Goya 8.0 km · Nizahon II 22 km · Bahé-Blaon 22 km · Duekoué 27 km · Fengolo 29 km · Kranzadougou 33 km · Zéaglo 36 km · Gbapleu 37 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 Guiglo (6.5437°, -7.4935°, elevation 212 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	32	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	76
31	76

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	76
31	76

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75
29	76
30	76
31	76

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3