Tiébissou weather in May

In May, Tiébissou sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 100 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 5% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tiébissou's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tiébissou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:07 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Tiébissou is place in Lacs, 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 Tiébissou reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°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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How May really feels in Tiébissou

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.

Tiébissou weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°173.211.63.6
Feb35° / 23°446.611.82.7
Mar34° / 24°8313.7122.5
Apr33° / 24°9916.112.22.7
May32° / 24°10017.512.33.0
Jun31° / 23°10118.112.43.7
Jul29° / 23°891712.44.3
Aug29° / 23°11718.812.24.2
Sep30° / 23°16024123.4
Oct31° / 23°11420.611.83.4
Nov32° / 23°501011.74.1
Dec32° / 22°143.311.64.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52377
62377
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tiébissou gets around 100 mm of rain over 17.5 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 57% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
154
254
353
453
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654
754
855
955
1056
1157
1257
1358
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1558
1658
1758
1858
1958
2058
2158
2258
2359
2459
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2660
2760
2861
2961
3062
3162

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19010
29010
39010
49010
58911
68911
78911
88911
98911
108911
118911
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138911
148911
158911
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188911
198911
208911
219010
229010
239010
249010
25919
26919
27928
28928
29937
30937
31946

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
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128calm
138calm
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168calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:116:26
212.36:106:26
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512.36:106:26
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1412.36:086:27
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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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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214.9Bright
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304.7Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tiébissou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Tiébissou?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tiébissou.

What to pack for Tiébissou in May

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

In May, Tiébissou sees daytime highs around 32°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 Tiébissou 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 Tiébissou peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 15UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Tiébissou 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 Tiébissou is worst in January — around 97 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 1995 µg/m³Aug 1916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr36Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tiébissou?

Tiébissou sits at 7.2°N, 5.2°W, 194 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Sakassou, 34 km away.

BouafléBouakéBéoumiKonéflaToumodiDimbokro

Topography around Tiébissou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tiébissou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 579 m.

The land around Tiébissou is covered by trees (35%) and shrubs (33%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
579 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sakassou 34 km · Yamoussoukro 38 km · Bouaflé 60 km · Bouaké 63 km · Béoumi 70 km · Konéfla 70 km · Toumodi 70 km · Dimbokro 81 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 Tiébissou (7.1577°, -5.2248°, elevation 194 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).