Pélézi weather in May

In May, Pélézi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 120 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 2% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pélézi's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pélézi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:14 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Pélézi is village in Sassandra-Marahoué, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Pélézi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Pélézi

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.

Pélézi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°224.111.63.7
Feb35° / 22°477.511.82.8
Mar34° / 23°9415.3122.6
Apr33° / 23°10416.812.22.8
May32° / 23°12019.312.33.0
Jun30° / 23°11819.912.43.5
Jul29° / 22°12120.812.44.0
Aug29° / 22°15923.312.23.8
Sep30° / 22°20525.6123.2
Oct30° / 22°12721.711.83.5
Nov31° / 22°5011.511.74.1
Dec32° / 21°183.911.64.6

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31684
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pélézi gets around 120 mm of rain over 19.3 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 63% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
256
356
456
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1059
1159
1260
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1563
1663
1764
1864
1965
2066
2166
2267
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2468
2568
2669
2769
2870
2970
3070
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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10946
20946
30946
40946
50946
60946
70955
80955
90955
100955
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120955
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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127calm
137calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:176:32
212.36:176:32
312.36:166:32
412.36:166:32
512.36:166:32
612.36:156:32
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1712.36:136:34
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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 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Pélézi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pélézi sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Pélézi?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pélézi.

What to pack for Pélézi in May

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

In May, Pélézi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pélézi 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 Pélézi peaks around April 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Pélézi 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 Pélézi is worst in February — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 959 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb59Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr35Poor
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Pélézi?

Pélézi sits at 7.3°N, 6.8°W, 255 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Mignouré, 23 km away.

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Topography around Pélézi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pélézi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 259 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m.

The land around Pélézi is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
182 m
80 km
951 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mignouré 23 km · Zaïbo 36 km · Baoutifla 38 km · Vavoua 39 km · Boboniessoko 39 km · Bonoufla 41 km · Bléniméouin 44 km · Belleville 46 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 Pélézi (7.2817°, -6.8145°, elevation 255 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).