Saclepea weather in May

In May, Saclepea sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 180 mm of rain across 25.5 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 30°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 Saclepea's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saclepea's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
180 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:22 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Saclepea is place in Nimba County, Liberia.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Saclepea reaches about 30°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 Saclepea

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.

Saclepea 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
Jan31° / 21°225.311.64.9
Feb32° / 23°448.311.83.9
Mar32° / 23°10417.4123.3
Apr31° / 23°12820.512.13.2
May30° / 23°18025.512.33.0
Jun29° / 22°2092712.43.2
Jul28° / 22°17025.312.44.0
Aug27° / 22°23626.112.23.9
Sep28° / 22°27128123.3
Oct29° / 22°16927.111.83.2
Nov30° / 22°7117.311.74.2
Dec30° / 21°246.411.65.5

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 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Saclepea gets around 180 mm of rain over 25.5 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 83% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
277
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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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10964
20964
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80973
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311981

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 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 6:25 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:256:40
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412.36:246:40
512.36:246:40
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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 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.57 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 Saclepea

In seasonPeak

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

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

Saclepea sees seasonal dust haze (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 Saclepea?

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
4.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saclepea.

What to pack for Saclepea in May

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

In May, Saclepea sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Saclepea 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 Saclepea peaks around March 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Saclepea 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 Saclepea is worst in April — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateApr 1065 µg/m³Sep 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May29Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Saclepea?

Saclepea sits at 7.0°N, 8.8°W, 245 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Ganta, 34 km away.

GantaSanniquellieGbarngaZouan-HounienNew YekepaDananéNzérékoréLola

Topography around Saclepea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saclepea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 243 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,220 m.

The land around Saclepea is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
1,220 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Ganta 34 km · Sanniquellie 47 km · Gbarnga 70 km · Zouan-Hounien 70 km · New Yekepa 76 km · Danané 83 km · Nzérékoré 88 km · Lola 99 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 Saclepea (6.9625°, -8.8406°, elevation 245 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).