Séguéla weather in May

In May, Séguéla sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 146 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12.4 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 6% 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 Séguéla's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Séguéla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:12 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Séguéla is city in Séguéla Department in 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

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

A typical May day in Séguéla 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 Séguéla

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.

Séguéla 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°182.711.63.8
Feb35° / 22°426.311.72.7
Mar35° / 24°1031411.92.5
Apr33° / 24°12316.612.22.7
May32° / 23°14619.212.42.9
Jun31° / 23°14319.612.53.4
Jul29° / 22°15521.412.43.8
Aug29° / 22°19523.312.33.6
Sep30° / 22°23525.5123.0
Oct31° / 22°15922.411.83.1
Nov32° / 22°6711.211.63.7
Dec33° / 21°16311.54.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
42674
52674
62773
72872
82872
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112773
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Séguéla gets around 146 mm of rain over 19.2 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 62% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
159
259
359
459
559
659
760
860
961
1061
1162
1262
1363
1463
1563
1663
1763
1863
1963
2063
2163
2264
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2464
2564
2664
2765
2865
2966
3066
3166

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 (%)
10982
20982
30973
40973
50973
60973
70973
80973
90973
100973
110973
120973
130973
140964
150964
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261972
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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
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67calm
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127calm
137calm
147calm
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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 6:16 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:166:32
212.36:156:32
312.36:156:32
412.36:156:32
512.36:146:32
612.36:146:33
712.36:146:33
812.36:146:33
912.36:136:33
1012.36:136:33
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1412.46:126:33
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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 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Séguéla

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Séguéla?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Séguéla.

What to pack for Séguéla in May

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

In May, Séguéla 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 Séguéla 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 Séguéla peaks around March 19 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 19UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Séguéla 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 Séguéla is worst in February — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 862 µg/m³Aug 1911 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr37Poor
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct18Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Séguéla?

Séguéla sits at 8.0°N, 6.7°W, 350 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Vrouo, 32 km away.

Ancien-ProziMignouréMankonoVavouaPéléziBorotou-KoroBaoutifla

Topography around Séguéla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Séguéla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 323 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 931 m.

The land around Séguéla is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), trees (35%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
329 m
80 km
931 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Vrouo 32 km · Ancien-Prozi 46 km · Mignouré 54 km · Mankono 54 km · Vavoua 68 km · Pélézi 77 km · Borotou-Koro 81 km · Baoutifla 84 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 Séguéla (7.9611°, -6.6731°, elevation 350 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).