Kong weather in May

In May, Kong sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 90 mm of rain across 15.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kong's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
15.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:02 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
70%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Kong 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kong reaches about 34°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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 Kong

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
6 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.

Kong 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
Jan34° / 19°4111.53.7
Feb36° / 22°112.511.72.2
Mar37° / 25°417.811.91.6
Apr35° / 25°8314.112.22.1
May34° / 24°9015.212.42.6
Jun32° / 23°8814.812.53.5
Jul30° / 23°1432112.53.6
Aug29° / 22°19023.612.33.6
Sep30° / 22°16922.112.13.5
Oct32° / 23°7313.411.83.9
Nov34° / 22°183.711.63.7
Dec34° / 20°20.611.54.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33367
43268
53268
63169
73169
83169
93268
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113268
123367
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kong gets around 90 mm of rain over 15.2 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 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
247
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447
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3150

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17921
27921
36931
46931
56931
65941
75941
85932
94942
104942
114942
123952
133952
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266922
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317921

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:066:25
212.36:066:25
312.36:056:25
412.36:056:25
512.36:056:26
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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 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kong

In seasonPeak

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

Kong's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Kong?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kong.

What to pack for Kong in May

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

In May, Kong sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kong 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 Kong peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Kong 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 Kong is worst in December — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1994 µg/m³Aug 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr37Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kong?

Kong sits at 9.1°N, 4.6°W, 327 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tafiré, 62 km away.

TafiréFerkessédougouDabakalaNiakaramandougouOuangolodougouKorhogoFronanKaouara

Topography around Kong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m.

The land around Kong is covered by shrubs (48%), grassland (23%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (57%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), shrubs (36%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
449 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Tafiré 62 km · Ferkessédougou 81 km · Dabakala 90 km · Niakaramandougou 93 km · Ouangolodougou 109 km · Korhogo 117 km · Fronan 118 km · Kaouara 123 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 Kong (9.1494°, -4.6098°, elevation 327 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).