Toubakoura weather in May

In May, Toubakoura sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 16 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Toubakoura's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toubakoura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:07 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month.

A typical May day in Toubakoura reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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 Toubakoura

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.

Toubakoura 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°10.111.35.4
Feb35° / 21°00.111.63.6
Mar38° / 24°10.111.91.6
Apr40° / 27°41.412.30.3
May39° / 28°164.212.60.4
Jun37° / 26°5310.212.81.7
Jul32° / 24°1602012.73.1
Aug30° / 23°22722.612.43.4
Sep31° / 23°1341712.13.6
Oct35° / 23°285.911.72.9
Nov35° / 21°10.211.43.2
Dec32° / 18°00.111.24.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26337
36337
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86139
96040
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125842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Toubakoura gets around 16 mm of rain over 4.2 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 14% and peaks near 21% 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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1421525161
2411526171
3391526181
4381527191
5361627201
6341627211
7321628232
8301628242
9281629262
10261629282
11231530302
12211530312
13191531333
14171432343
15161432353
16141432363
17131433374
18121333384
19111333385
20101333395
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2291233397
2381232408
2481231408
2571230419
26712294110
27711284211
28711274313
29610264314
30610254415
3169244517

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 30 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:136:41
212.56:126:41
312.56:126:41
412.56:116:42
512.56:116:42
612.56:106:42
712.56:106:42
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912.66:096:43
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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 6.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Toubakoura

In seasonPeak

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

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

Toubakoura sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Toubakoura?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Toubakoura.

What to pack for Toubakoura in May

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

In May, Toubakoura sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Toubakoura 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 Toubakoura peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Toubakoura 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 Toubakoura is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2065 µg/m³Aug 1717 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar64Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May42Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul23Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov35Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Toubakoura?

Toubakoura sits at 13.5°N, 7.4°W, 340 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Banamba, 12 km away.

MoribabougouSangarébougouDialakorodjiKati

Topography around Toubakoura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toubakoura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 344 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m.

The land around Toubakoura is covered by cropland (64%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), grassland (30%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
255 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Banamba 12 km · Koulikoro 70 km · Kolokani 71 km · Fana 89 km · Moribabougou 101 km · Sangarébougou 101 km · Dialakorodji 105 km · Kati 109 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 Toubakoura (13.4637°, -7.3828°, elevation 340 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).