Fana weather in May

In May, Fana sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 30 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Fana's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
30 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:06 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Fana is commune and town in Koulikoro Region, Mali.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Fana reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Fana

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.

Fana weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°20.211.35.2
Feb35° / 21°00.111.63.5
Mar38° / 24°10.311.91.5
Apr39° / 27°82.512.30.6
May38° / 27°306.812.61.1
Jun35° / 25°6811.512.72.4
Jul31° / 23°17921.112.73.3
Aug30° / 23°25723.312.43.4
Sep31° / 23°15518.512.13.6
Oct34° / 23°418.111.73.4
Nov35° / 21°20.211.43.4
Dec33° / 19°0011.34.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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

Any precipitation

Fana gets around 30 mm of rain over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 26% 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 muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1201223379
21912223710
31712223810
41612223911
51511224012
61411224113
71210214314
8119214415
9109204516
1098204717
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2513105333
261395334
271395136
281395037
291284939
301284841
311274643

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 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 6:12 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:126:38
212.56:116:39
312.56:116:39
412.56:106:39
512.56:106:39
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712.56:096:40
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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 6.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Fana

In seasonPeak

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

Fana's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Fana sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Fana?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fana.

What to pack for Fana in May

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

In May, Fana sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Fana 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 Fana peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Jan 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Fana 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 Fana is worst in February — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2262 µg/m³Aug 1615 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May33Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Fana?

Fana sits at 12.8°N, 7.0°W, 333 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Dioïla, 36 km away.

BanambaSangarébougouSégouSirakoro Méguétana

Topography around Fana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m.

The land around Fana is covered by grassland (34%), artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
116 m
80 km
260 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Dioïla 36 km · Koulikoro 66 km · Toubakoura 89 km · Moribabougou 99 km · Banamba 101 km · Sangarébougou 103 km · Ségou 105 km · Sirakoro Méguétana 107 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 Fana (12.7787°, -6.9564°, elevation 333 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).