Sanniquellie weather in May

In May, Sanniquellie sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 192 mm of rain across 25.7 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 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 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 Sanniquellie's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sanniquellie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
192 mm
25.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:21 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Sanniquellie is town in 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 Sanniquellie reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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 Sanniquellie

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.

Sanniquellie 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
Jan31° / 21°245.411.64.9
Feb32° / 22°488.311.83.9
Mar32° / 23°11017.8123.4
Apr31° / 23°13720.612.23.2
May30° / 22°19225.712.33.1
Jun29° / 22°22627.312.43.3
Jul27° / 21°20626.612.43.8
Aug27° / 21°26826.912.23.8
Sep28° / 22°29728.6123.3
Oct29° / 22°19128.311.83.2
Nov29° / 21°8919.311.74.1
Dec30° / 21°28711.65.5

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 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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

Any precipitation

Sanniquellie gets around 192 mm of rain over 25.7 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 83% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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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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 6:24 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.14 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sanniquellie

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sanniquellie sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
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Mar
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May
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Aug
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Oct
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Is May a good time to visit Sanniquellie?

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
4.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sanniquellie.

What to pack for Sanniquellie in May

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

In May, Sanniquellie sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sanniquellie 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 Sanniquellie 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
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Sanniquellie 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 Sanniquellie is worst in March — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.7× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 1286 µg/m³Aug 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May24Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sanniquellie?

Sanniquellie sits at 7.4°N, 8.7°W, 430 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is New Yekepa, 31 km away.

New YekepaGantaNzérékoréSaclepeaLolaDananéZouan-HounienMahapleu

Topography around Sanniquellie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sanniquellie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 438 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 655 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,523 m.

The land around Sanniquellie is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (96%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
655 m
80 km
1,523 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: New Yekepa 31 km · Ganta 33 km · Nzérékoré 45 km · Saclepea 47 km · Lola 53 km · Danané 63 km · Zouan-Hounien 74 km · Mahapleu 88 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 Sanniquellie (7.3621°, -8.7133°, elevation 430 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).