Foya Kamara weather in May

In May, Foya Kamara sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 229 mm of rain across 26.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 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 Foya Kamara's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Foya Kamara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
26.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:26 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
85%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Foya Kamara reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°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 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Foya Kamara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 29 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
29
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.

Foya Kamara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°173.311.65.2
Feb33° / 22°305.211.74.2
Mar32° / 23°8413.611.93.6
Apr31° / 23°13319.612.23.4
May29° / 22°22926.612.43.1
Jun28° / 22°2782812.53.3
Jul27° / 21°31928.912.43.5
Aug27° / 21°3592912.33.5
Sep28° / 21°35628.6123.4
Oct29° / 21°25429.311.83.2
Nov29° / 21°11217.711.64.4
Dec30° / 20°204.111.56.0

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 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3793
4793
5793
6793
7793
8793
9694
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12694
13595
14595
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Foya Kamara gets around 229 mm of rain over 26.6 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 86% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
277
378
479
580
681
782
882
983
1084
1185
1286
1387
1487
1588
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1889
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2490
2590
2690
2790
2890
2990
3090
3191

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1199
2199
3199
4199
5199
6199
7199
8199
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10199
11199
12199
13199
14199
15199
16199
17199
18298
19298
20298
21298
22397
23397
24496
25496
26496
27595
28595
29694
30694
31793

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
16calm
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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 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 6:29 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:296:47
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412.36:286:47
512.36:286:47
612.36:286:47
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812.36:276:47
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1012.36:276:48
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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 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.45 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 Foya Kamara

In seasonPeak

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

Foya Kamara's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Foya Kamara 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 Foya Kamara?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Foya Kamara.

What to pack for Foya Kamara in May

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

In May, Foya Kamara sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Foya Kamara 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 Foya Kamara peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Foya Kamara 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 Foya Kamara is worst in March — around 143 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 15.9× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 17136 µg/m³Aug 209 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb83Unhealthy
Mar143Unhealthy
Apr88Unhealthy
May25Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep10Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara sits at 8.4°N, 10.2°W, 484 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Gueckedou, 24 km away.

VoinjamaMacentaKoiduSegbwemaKenema

Topography around Foya Kamara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Foya Kamara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m around an average of 456 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,247 m.

The land around Foya Kamara is covered by trees (72%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
143 m
16 km
320 m
80 km
1,247 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Gueckedou 24 km · Voinjama 51 km · Yende Millimou 59 km · Macenta 83 km · Koidu 90 km · Segbwema 91 km · Kissidougou 92 km · Kenema 121 km

Liberia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$915
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.1
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
38.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 85%Muslim 12%none 3%Traditional 1%

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 Foya Kamara (8.3603°, -10.2064°, elevation 484 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).