Petit Grabo weather in May

In May, Petit Grabo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 246 mm of rain across 29.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Petit Grabo's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petit Grabo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 246 mm; 29.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:18 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

← April Petit Grabo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Petit Grabo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How May really feels in Petit Grabo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Petit Grabo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	76	14.6	11.7	4.2
Feb	31° / 22°	121	18.7	11.8	3.3
Mar	31° / 22°	189	26.5	12	2.7
Apr	31° / 22°	189	27.1	12.1	2.6
May	30° / 22°	246	29.5	12.2	2.7
Jun	28° / 22°	238	26.7	12.3	3.3
Jul	28° / 21°	131	22	12.3	4.4
Aug	28° / 22°	131	22.6	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 22°	243	28	12	3.1
Oct	30° / 22°	256	29.8	11.9	2.8
Nov	30° / 22°	179	26.6	11.8	2.9
Dec	30° / 21°	97	18.6	11.7	4.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Petit Grabo gets around 246 mm of rain over 29.5 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 95% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91
Miserable (%)	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:21 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:21	6:32
2	12.2	6:21	6:32
3	12.2	6:20	6:32
4	12.2	6:20	6:32
5	12.2	6:20	6:32
6	12.2	6:20	6:32
7	12.2	6:20	6:32
8	12.2	6:19	6:32
9	12.2	6:19	6:32
10	12.2	6:19	6:32
11	12.2	6:19	6:32
12	12.2	6:19	6:32
13	12.2	6:19	6:32
14	12.2	6:19	6:32
15	12.2	6:18	6:33
16	12.2	6:18	6:33
17	12.2	6:18	6:33
18	12.2	6:18	6:33
19	12.2	6:18	6:33
20	12.3	6:18	6:33
21	12.3	6:18	6:33
22	12.3	6:18	6:33
23	12.3	6:18	6:34
24	12.3	6:18	6:34
25	12.3	6:18	6:34
26	12.3	6:18	6:34
27	12.3	6:18	6:34
28	12.3	6:18	6:34
29	12.3	6:18	6:35
30	12.3	6:18	6:35
31	12.3	6:18	6:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.02 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 4.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Petit Grabo

In seasonPeak

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

Petit Grabo sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

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Is May a good time to visit Petit Grabo?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Petit Grabo.

What to pack for Petit Grabo in May

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

In May, Petit Grabo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Petit Grabo 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 Petit Grabo peaks around April 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	12	14	12	11	9	11	13	12	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Petit Grabo 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 Petit Grabo is worst in January — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	44	42	30	29	15	13	13	10	8	11	16	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Petit Grabo?

Petit Grabo sits at 5.3°N, 7.3°W, 114 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Para, 28 km away.

Topography around Petit Grabo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petit Grabo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m.

The land around Petit Grabo is covered by trees (93%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

trees 93%

16 km

414 m

trees 92%

80 km

482 m

trees 98%

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← April Petit Grabo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Para 28 km · Gnépasso 43 km · Djapadji 55 km · Dagadji 58 km · Gagny 68 km · Gligbeuadji 68 km · Watté 70 km · Méagui 85 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 Petit Grabo (5.269°, -7.3142°, elevation 114 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	95
8	95
9	95
10	95
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9