Diré weather in May

In May, Diré sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Diré's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
1st warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:47 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
36%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Diré is town in Mali.

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 41°C through the month.

A typical May day in Diré reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Diré

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Diré weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°10.211.17.1
Feb32° / 18°0011.55.2
Mar36° / 22°00.111.92.7
Apr40° / 26°10.212.40.4
May41° / 29°30.912.70.0
Jun41° / 30°82.912.90.0
Jul38° / 28°387.712.91.3
Aug35° / 26°6010.612.52.4
Sep37° / 27°214.712.11.6
Oct38° / 26°41.211.61.4
Nov34° / 21°1011.23.6
Dec30° / 17°0011.16.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37426
47327
57327
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Diré gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
82
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102
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143
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315

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
190640
288750
388750
486761
585861
684871
783971
8821071
9811081
10791182
11771292
12761392
137414102
147315102
157116103
167016113
176917113
186718123
196718123
206519133
216319144
226319144
236120154
246020164
255920174
265720185
275620195
285320216
295121226
304921237
314721247

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:546:28
212.65:536:28
312.65:526:29
412.65:526:29
512.65:516:29
612.65:516:29
712.75:516:30
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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 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.2Intense
67.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Diré

In seasonPeak

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

Diré sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Diré?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diré.

What to pack for Diré in May

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

In May, Diré sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Diré in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Diré peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Diré 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 Diré is worst in February — around 92 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 992 µg/m³Aug 2226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan91Unhealthy
Feb92Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul37Poor
Aug26Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct54Poor
Nov55Unhealthy
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Diré?

Diré sits at 16.3°N, 3.4°W, 272 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Goundam, 34 km away.

DouentzaBandiagaraMoptiBankassKoroMbera

Topography around Diré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 262 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m.

The land around Diré is covered by bare terrain (28%), grassland (27%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
21 m
80 km
286 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Goundam 34 km · Timbuktu 71 km · Douentza 147 km · Bandiagara 213 km · Mopti 214 km · Bankass 243 km · Koro 246 km · Mbera 259 km

Mali travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,193
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
22.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 408
Religion
Muslim 94%Christian 3%none 3%animist 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 Diré (16.257°, -3.4013°, elevation 272 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).