Baléyara weather in May

In May, Baléyara sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 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 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Baléyara's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baléyara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:25 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
43%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Baléyara is town in Tillaberi Region, Niger.

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 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Baléyara reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Baléyara

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.

Baléyara 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
Jan31° / 17°0011.35.8
Feb34° / 20°0011.53.7
Mar38° / 23°10.211.91.2
Apr41° / 27°20.512.30.0
May40° / 29°71.712.60.2
Jun38° / 28°184.312.81.5
Jul34° / 26°538.912.72.9
Aug33° / 25°12013.312.53.4
Sep35° / 25°365.712.13.0
Oct37° / 25°71.711.71.7
Nov36° / 20°0011.42.8
Dec32° / 18°0011.25.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
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46832
56832
66832
76832
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106931
117030
127030
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Baléyara gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 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 6% and peaks near 12% 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 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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1321333201
2301334211
3281334231
4261334252
5251334262
6231334282
7211334302
8191334322
9181334332
10161334352
11151334363
12131334373
13121334383
14111334393
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1691234414
1781234434
1871133444
1961133455
2051133465
2151032476
2241031496
234930507
243930517
253828538
263827539
272726569
2827245710
2926235811
3015226111
3115206212

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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1112light breeze
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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 6:31 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:317:00
212.56:307:00
312.56:307:00
412.56:297:01
512.56:297:01
612.56:297:01
712.56:287:01
812.66:287:01
912.66:287:02
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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 6.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.89 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 Baléyara

In seasonPeak

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

Baléyara sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Baléyara?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baléyara.

What to pack for Baléyara in May

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

In May, Baléyara sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baléyara in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baléyara peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Baléyara 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 Baléyara is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1888 µg/m³Aug 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb89Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr65Unhealthy
May42Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct40Poor
Nov49Poor
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Baléyara?

Baléyara sits at 13.8°N, 3.0°E, 211 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Filingué, 74 km away.

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Topography around Baléyara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baléyara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m.

The land around Baléyara is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (80%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
76 m
80 km
129 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Filingué 74 km · Birnin Gaouré 78 km · Kollo 85 km · Dosso 86 km · Youri Kourtéré 91 km · Niamey 96 km · Say 99 km · Dogondoutchi 117 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$775
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
25.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%ethnic religionist 4%Christian 0%agnostics and other 0%

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 Baléyara (13.7838°, 2.9523°, elevation 211 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).