Say weather in May

In May, Say sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 12 mm of rain across 3.2 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 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Say's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Say's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:29 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
49%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Say 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 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 Say

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.

Say 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
Jan32° / 17°0011.35.6
Feb35° / 20°00.111.63.5
Mar39° / 24°20.411.91.0
Apr41° / 27°3112.30.0
May40° / 29°123.212.60.3
Jun37° / 27°306.812.81.9
Jul33° / 25°7813.212.73.1
Aug32° / 24°15217.612.43.4
Sep33° / 25°609.312.13.3
Oct37° / 25°123.111.72.0
Nov36° / 20°0011.42.6
Dec33° / 18°0011.24.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45842
55842
65842
75842
85842
95842
105842
116040
126040
136139
146139
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Say gets around 12 mm of rain over 3.2 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 10% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
15
25
36
46
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66
76
86
97
107
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2010
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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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1161027416
2141027436
3131026447
412926467
510925488
69924508
78924509
87823539
968235310
1058225411
1147225611
1247215612
1337215613
1436205714
1526205715
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1815185719
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2014165722
2114165524
2214155525
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2413145329
2503135331
2603125332
2703125134
2802115136
2902105038
300294939
310284941

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 6:34 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:347:02
212.56:337:02
312.56:337:02
412.56:337:02
512.56:327:02
612.56:327:02
712.56:317:03
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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 6.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.71 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 Say

In seasonPeak

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

Say sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

Dust
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Say?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Say.

What to pack for Say in May

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

In May, Say sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Say 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 Say peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Say 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 Say is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1888 µg/m³Aug 1415 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan78Unhealthy
Feb89Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May35Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct40Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Say?

Say sits at 13.1°N, 2.4°E, 181 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Kollo, 23 km away.

BaléyaraDiapaga

Topography around Say

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Say has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 185 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m.

The land around Say is covered by grassland (28%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
93 m
80 km
124 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kollo 23 km · Youri Kourtéré 29 km · Niamey 54 km · Birnin Gaouré 59 km · Torodi 62 km · Dosso 90 km · Baléyara 99 km · Diapaga 130 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 Say (13.1007°, 2.3689°, elevation 181 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).