Leer weather in May

In May, Leer sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 100 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Leer's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:44 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
67%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Leer is human settlement in South Sudan.

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 36°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Leer reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Leer

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
2 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.

Leer weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 23°00.111.62.8
Feb38° / 25°10.411.71.5
Mar39° / 27°122.411.90.9
Apr37° / 27°469.312.21.4
May34° / 26°10017.812.42.3
Jun32° / 24°13420.912.52.9
Jul31° / 23°18725.112.43.1
Aug30° / 23°19525.512.33.1
Sep31° / 23°14723123.1
Oct32° / 23°12120.411.83.1
Nov34° / 23°25511.63.6
Dec35° / 23°10.311.53.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43763
53763
63664
73664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Leer gets around 100 mm of rain over 17.8 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 57% and peaks near 64% 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 oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
121042450
211041470
31941490
41840510
51739530
61638550
70637570
80536590
90435610
100433630
110332650
120331660
130330670
140229690
150228700
160227710
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180225730
190224740
200223750
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220121780
230120790
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250119791
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280118801
290018811
300017821
310017821

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:487:05
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512.36:477:06
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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 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Leer

In seasonPeak

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

Leer's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Leer?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Leer.

What to pack for Leer in May

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

In May, Leer sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Leer 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 Leer peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 19UV 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Leer 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 Leer is worst in March — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1459 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr37Poor
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Leer?

Leer sits at 8.3°N, 30.1°E, 397 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Rumbek, 174 km away.

RumbekTonjMalakalGogrialAbyeiKuacjokWauBor

Topography around Leer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 396 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m.

The land around Leer is covered by grassland (93%) within 3 km, grassland (86%) within 16 km, and wetland (61%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
11 m
80 km
19 m
treesshrubsgrasslandwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Rumbek 174 km · Tonj 198 km · Malakal 216 km · Gogrial 226 km · Abyei 236 km · Kuacjok 238 km · Wau 246 km · Bor 281 km

South Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Prices
≈ 6% of US
price level, 2021
GDP per capita
$1,080
2015
Happiness
2.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2019
Homicide rate
14
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
36.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 61%folk religion 33%Muslim 6%

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 Leer (8.3031°, 30.1406°, elevation 397 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).