Tafiré weather in May

In May, Tafiré sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 107 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 9% 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 Tafiré's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tafiré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:04 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
73%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Tafiré is commune of 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 Tafiré 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 Tafiré

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.

Tafiré weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°91.611.54.1
Feb35° / 22°193.911.72.9
Mar35° / 24°6710.811.92.4
Apr34° / 24°9916.112.22.6
May33° / 24°10717.712.42.9
Jun31° / 23°10717.312.53.5
Jul29° / 22°1622412.53.5
Aug29° / 22°20225.412.33.4
Sep30° / 22°1912512.13.1
Oct32° / 22°9917.411.83.5
Nov33° / 22°276.111.63.9
Dec33° / 20°50.911.54.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tafiré gets around 107 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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254
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3157

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 (%)
12962
22962
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52962
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82962
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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
18calm
28calm
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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 6:08 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:086:27
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312.36:086:27
412.36:076:28
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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 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.62 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 Tafiré

In seasonPeak

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

Tafiré's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Tafiré?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tafiré.

What to pack for Tafiré in May

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

In May, Tafiré sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tafiré in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tafiré peaks around March 17 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 17UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Tafiré 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 Tafiré 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 Tafiré?

Tafiré sits at 9.1°N, 5.2°W, 408 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Niakaramandougou, 48 km away.

NiakaramandougouFerkessédougouKongTortiyaDikodougouKorhogoFronanOuangolodougou

Topography around Tafiré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tafiré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 393 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m.

The land around Tafiré is covered by trees (56%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
424 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Niakaramandougou 48 km · Ferkessédougou 58 km · Kong 62 km · Tortiya 66 km · Dikodougou 67 km · Korhogo 67 km · Fronan 95 km · Ouangolodougou 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 Tafiré (9.0688°, -5.164°, elevation 408 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).