Madarounfa weather in May

In May, Madarounfa sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 Madarounfa's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madarounfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:09 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
44%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Madarounfa 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Madarounfa reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Madarounfa

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.

Madarounfa 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° / 15°0011.36.8
Feb33° / 18°0011.64.7
Mar37° / 21°00.111.92.0
Apr39° / 25°20.412.30.4
May39° / 26°153.412.60.8
Jun36° / 26°307.112.82.1
Jul33° / 24°7714.512.73.2
Aug31° / 23°14618.112.43.6
Sep33° / 23°639.912.13.5
Oct36° / 22°122.511.72.8
Nov34° / 18°0011.43.9
Dec31° / 15°0011.26.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 31%.

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

Any precipitation

Madarounfa gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 20% 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 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 42% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1361627201
2341628212
3321628222
4301629232
5281630233
6271630243
7251631253
8241531254
9231532264
10221532274
11211532275
12211532285
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14191432296
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20151328378
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26108224812
2798215013
2887205114
2976195315
3066185515
3155175716

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 6:15 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:156:43
212.56:146:43
312.56:146:43
412.56:136:43
512.56:136:43
612.56:126:44
712.56:126:44
812.56:126:44
912.56:116:44
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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 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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47.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Madarounfa

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Madarounfa?

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

0.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madarounfa.

What to pack for Madarounfa in May

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

In May, Madarounfa sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madarounfa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madarounfa peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 16UV 12Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Madarounfa 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 Madarounfa is worst in February — around 106 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 14106 µg/m³Aug 1524 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb106Unhealthy
Mar99Unhealthy
Apr80Unhealthy
May58Unhealthy
Jun45Poor
Jul29Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec94Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Madarounfa?

Madarounfa sits at 13.3°N, 7.2°E, 356 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Maradi, 22 km away.

Topography around Madarounfa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madarounfa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 362 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Madarounfa is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (88%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
274 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Maradi 22 km · Tibiri 31 km · Katsina 60 km · Guidan Roumdji 63 km · Aguié 71 km · Gazaoua 85 km · Moriki 87 km · Mayahi 91 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 Madarounfa (13.3087°, 7.156°, elevation 356 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).