Zouan-Hounien weather in May

In May, Zouan-Hounien sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 153 mm of rain across 24.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Zouan-Hounien's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zouan-Hounien's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
153 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:20 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Zouan-Hounien is human settlement.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Zouan-Hounien reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°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 Zouan-Hounien

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.

Zouan-Hounien weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°174.511.64.6
Feb33° / 23°417.511.83.6
Mar32° / 23°8816123.2
Apr32° / 23°11218.912.13.2
May31° / 23°15324.212.33.0
Jun29° / 23°16925.612.43.3
Jul28° / 22°14623.712.44.1
Aug28° / 22°20925.112.24.0
Sep29° / 22°23727.2123.3
Oct29° / 22°14125.411.83.4
Nov30° / 22°5814.511.74.4
Dec30° / 21°19511.65.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zouan-Hounien gets around 153 mm of rain over 24.2 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 79% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:23 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:236:37
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312.36:226:37
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512.36:226:37
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712.36:216:38
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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 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.12 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Zouan-Hounien

In seasonPeak

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

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

Zouan-Hounien sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Zouan-Hounien?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zouan-Hounien.

What to pack for Zouan-Hounien in May

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

In May, Zouan-Hounien sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zouan-Hounien 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 Zouan-Hounien peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highMar 20UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zouan-Hounien 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 Zouan-Hounien is worst in February — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1352 µg/m³Sep 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar43Poor
Apr45Poor
May23Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zouan-Hounien?

Zouan-Hounien sits at 6.9°N, 8.2°W, 266 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Danané, 38 km away.

BloléquinZouMahapleuZéagloKahinSaclepeaSanniquellie

Topography around Zouan-Hounien

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zouan-Hounien has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 260 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,531 m.

The land around Zouan-Hounien is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
215 m
80 km
1,531 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Danané 38 km · Bloléquin 45 km · Zou 46 km · Mahapleu 46 km · Zéaglo 58 km · Kahin 64 km · Saclepea 70 km · Sanniquellie 74 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 Zouan-Hounien (6.9194°, -8.2065°, elevation 266 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).