Niakaramandougou weather in May

In May, Niakaramandougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 104 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 Niakaramandougou's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niakaramandougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:06 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Niakaramandougou is place in Vallée du Bandama, 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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Niakaramandougou 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 30°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 Niakaramandougou

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.

Niakaramandougou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°101.811.63.9
Feb35° / 22°224.111.72.8
Mar35° / 24°7211.811.92.3
Apr34° / 24°10116.412.22.6
May33° / 24°10417.112.43.0
Jun31° / 23°10617.512.53.5
Jul29° / 22°1442312.53.6
Aug29° / 22°18324.412.33.5
Sep30° / 22°18324.912.13.1
Oct32° / 22°10017.511.83.5
Nov33° / 22°326.611.63.9
Dec33° / 20°61.311.54.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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

Any precipitation

Niakaramandougou gets around 104 mm of rain over 17.1 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 56% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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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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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
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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 6:09 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Niakaramandougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Niakaramandougou?

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
5.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Niakaramandougou.

What to pack for Niakaramandougou in May

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

In May, Niakaramandougou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Niakaramandougou 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 Niakaramandougou peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 18UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Niakaramandougou 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 Niakaramandougou is worst in February — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1260 µg/m³Aug 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar38Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Niakaramandougou?

Niakaramandougou sits at 8.7°N, 5.3°W, 385 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tortiya, 45 km away.

TortiyaTafiréFronanKatiolaDikodougouKongKorhogoDabakala

Topography around Niakaramandougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niakaramandougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 367 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m.

The land around Niakaramandougou is covered by trees (52%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
447 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tortiya 45 km · Tafiré 48 km · Fronan 52 km · Katiola 62 km · Dikodougou 70 km · Kong 93 km · Korhogo 96 km · Dabakala 100 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 Niakaramandougou (8.6576°, -5.2911°, elevation 385 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).