Sangarébougou weather in May

In May, Sangarébougou sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 28 mm of rain across 6.9 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 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 Sangarébougou's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sangarébougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
28 mm
6.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:10 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
56%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

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 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sangarébougou reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Sangarébougou

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.

Sangarébougou 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° / 17°10.211.35.5
Feb34° / 20°10.111.63.7
Mar37° / 23°20.511.91.8
Apr39° / 26°72.312.30.8
May38° / 26°286.912.61.3
Jun34° / 25°8614.712.72.5
Jul30° / 23°2022312.73.3
Aug29° / 23°25824.612.43.4
Sep30° / 23°16521.112.13.5
Oct33° / 22°479.411.73.6
Nov34° / 20°20.211.43.7
Dec32° / 17°0011.35.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35743
45743
55743
65743
75743
85743
95644
105644
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315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sangarébougou gets around 28 mm of rain over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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514
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716
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918
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1221
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2127
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3133

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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1241524325
2221525336
3211425336
4201425347
5181325358
6171325369
71612253710
81412253811
91311253912
101110244113
11109244314
1289234515
1378224716
1467214917
1557215017
1656205118
1746195219
1845185320
1935185321
2035175421
2124165622
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2324155425
2424155326
2524145327
2623145229
2723145031
2823134933
2913134735
3013124638
3112114541

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 10 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 6:15 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:156:42
212.56:156:42
312.56:156:43
412.56:146:43
512.56:146:43
612.56:136:43
712.56:136:43
812.56:136:44
912.56:126:44
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1212.66:116:44
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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 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 6.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sangarébougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sangarébougou sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Sangarébougou?

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

1.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sangarébougou.

What to pack for Sangarébougou in May

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

In May, Sangarébougou sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sangarébougou in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sangarébougou peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Sangarébougou 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 Sangarébougou is worst in February — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 2166 µg/m³Aug 1418 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct44Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec59Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sangarébougou?

Sangarébougou sits at 12.7°N, 7.9°W, 327 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Moribabougou, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Sangarébougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sangarébougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 m.

The land around Sangarébougou is covered by grassland (38%), artificial surfaces (35%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (26%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%), grassland (26%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
215 m
16 km
268 m
80 km
404 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Moribabougou 5.0 km · Dialakorodji 7.0 km · Bamako 13 km · Sirakoro Méguétana 16 km · Kati 19 km · Kalaban Koro 20 km · Kabala 25 km · Koulikoro 41 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 Sangarébougou (12.7058°, -7.9027°, elevation 327 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).