Odienné weather in May

In May, Odienné sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 129 mm of rain across 20.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Odienné's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Odienné's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
129 mm
20.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:13 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Odienné 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Odienné reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°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 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 Odienné

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.

Odienné 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° / 19°61.211.54.2
Feb35° / 21°92.211.73.0
Mar36° / 23°35811.92.3
Apr35° / 24°8215.512.22.3
May33° / 23°12920.812.42.6
Jun31° / 22°16322.712.53.1
Jul29° / 22°24127.412.53.1
Aug29° / 22°28027.612.33.2
Sep30° / 21°23226.212.13.0
Oct32° / 22°11619.611.83.2
Nov33° / 21°255.411.63.7
Dec33° / 19°30.711.54.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43169
53169
63169
73268
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153070
163070
173070
182971
193070
202971
212971
223070
232971
242971
252971
263070
273070
283070
293070
303169
313268

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Odienné gets around 129 mm of rain over 20.8 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 68% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
262
362
462
563
663
763
864
965
1066
1167
1268
1368
1469
1569
1670
1770
1870
1970
2070
2170
2270
2370
2471
2571
2671
2771
2871
2971
3071
3171

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 (%)
1991
2991
3892
4892
5793
6793
7694
8694
9595
10595
11496
12496
13496
14397
15397
16397
17397
18397
19496
20496
21496
22496
23595
24595
25595
26694
27694
28694
29694
30793
31793

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
166calm
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216calm
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306calm
316calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:186:37
212.36:176:37
312.36:176:38
412.46:166:38
512.46:166:38
612.46:166:38
712.46:166:38
812.46:156:38
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1012.46:156:38
1112.46:156:39
1212.46:146:39
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1612.46:136:40
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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 5.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Bright
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96.0Bright
106.0Bright
115.9Bright
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Odienné

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Odienné?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Odienné.

What to pack for Odienné in May

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

In May, Odienné sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Odienné 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 Odienné peaks around March 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Odienné 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 Odienné is worst in February — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1559 µg/m³Aug 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar48Poor
Apr41Poor
May24Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Odienné?

Odienné sits at 9.5°N, 7.6°W, 429 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Bamba, 108 km away.

BambaBoundialiBorotou-KoroKoliaToubaMoussadouBeylaDianra

Topography around Odienné

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Odienné has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 419 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 672 m.

The land around Odienné is covered by artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (59%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
412 m
80 km
672 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Bamba 108 km · Boundiali 118 km · Borotou-Koro 120 km · Kolia 124 km · Touba 136 km · Moussadou 142 km · Beyla 150 km · Dianra 157 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 Odienné (9.5051°, -7.5643°, elevation 429 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).