Madaoua weather in May

In May, Madaoua sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Madaoua's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:13 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
41%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Madaoua is urban commune in Niger.

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 40°C through the month.

A typical May day in Madaoua reaches about 40°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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Madaoua

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.

Madaoua weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°0011.36.6
Feb33° / 18°0011.54.4
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.6
Apr40° / 26°10.312.30.1
May40° / 28°92.412.60.1
Jun38° / 27°18512.81.3
Jul34° / 25°5611.312.72.8
Aug32° / 24°11314.412.53.4
Sep35° / 25°417.212.12.8
Oct37° / 23°61.911.71.9
Nov35° / 19°0011.33.4
Dec31° / 16°0011.26.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27030
37030
47030
57030
67030
77030
87030
97030
107030
117129
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137228
147228
157327
167327
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Madaoua gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.4 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 8% and peaks near 14% 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 humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1431925121
2411927121
3392028131
4372029141
5352030151
6332030161
7312031171
8302031181
9292031181
10282032192
11272032192
12262032202
13252032202
14252032213
15242032213
16231933223
17221933234
18211833244
19211733254
20201633265
21191533285
22181433296
23171333316
24161233337
25141133348
26131033368
2712932389
28118324010
2997314210
3086314411
3176304611

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 48 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 6:18 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:186:48
212.56:186:48
312.56:186:49
412.56:176:49
512.56:176:49
612.66:166:49
712.66:166:50
812.66:156:50
912.66:156:50
1012.66:156:50
1112.66:146:51
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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 6.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.96 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
97.0Intense
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207.0Intense
216.9Intense
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256.9Intense
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276.9Intense
286.9Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Madaoua

In seasonPeak

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

Madaoua sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Madaoua?

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

0.1
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 Madaoua.

What to pack for Madaoua in May

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

In May, Madaoua sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madaoua 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 Madaoua peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highAug 16UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Madaoua 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 Madaoua is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1397 µg/m³Aug 1820 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul27Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Madaoua?

Madaoua sits at 14.1°N, 6.0°E, 328 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Illela, 81 km away.

DakoroGwadabawaTahouaTibiri

Topography around Madaoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 322 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Madaoua is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
401 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Illela 81 km · Birni N Konni 83 km · Illéla 88 km · Guidan Roumdji 92 km · Dakoro 99 km · Gwadabawa 111 km · Tahoua 117 km · Tibiri 131 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 Madaoua (14.073°, 5.96°, elevation 328 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).