Niablé weather in May

In May, Niablé sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 111 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 Niablé's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niablé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
111 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:00 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Niablé reaches about 32°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 34°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 Niablé

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.

Niablé 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
Jan33° / 22°173.711.74.0
Feb34° / 24°448.311.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8515.8122.6
Apr33° / 24°9317.412.12.8
May32° / 24°11120.712.33.0
Jun30° / 23°11621.512.43.5
Jul29° / 22°9018.112.34.3
Aug28° / 22°8716.612.24.5
Sep29° / 23°12221.9123.7
Oct30° / 23°11021.311.93.6
Nov31° / 23°5211.311.74.2
Dec32° / 22°184.511.64.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Niablé gets around 111 mm of rain over 20.7 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 67% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1966
2067
2168
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3174

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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 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 6:03 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:036:17
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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 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Niablé

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Niablé?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Niablé.

What to pack for Niablé in May

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

In May, Niablé sees daytime highs around 32°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 Niablé in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Niablé peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 highApr 13UV 13Dec 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Niablé 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 Niablé is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateFeb 871 µg/m³Sep 916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan69Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr35Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Niablé?

Niablé sits at 6.7°N, 3.3°W, 162 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Abengourou, 26 km away.

AgnibilékrouBianouanAkoupéBiébyArrahDomaa-Ahenkro

Topography around Niablé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niablé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m.

The land around Niablé is covered by trees (57%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
95 m
80 km
554 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Abengourou 26 km · Ebilassokro 33 km · Agnibilékrou 53 km · Bianouan 73 km · Akoupé 75 km · Biéby 76 km · Arrah 77 km · Domaa-Ahenkro 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 Niablé (6.6613°, -3.2698°, elevation 162 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).