Bassar weather in May

In May, Bassar sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 132 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bassar's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bassar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 132 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:40 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Bassar is city in Togo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bassar reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Bassar

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bassar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	3	0.7	11.5	4.1
Feb	35° / 22°	14	2.5	11.7	2.9
Mar	35° / 24°	46	8.6	11.9	2.4
Apr	34° / 25°	92	16.5	12.2	2.5
May	32° / 24°	132	21.2	12.4	2.8
Jun	30° / 23°	140	21.7	12.5	3.3
Jul	29° / 22°	204	27.1	12.5	3.3
Aug	28° / 22°	252	27.7	12.3	3.3
Sep	30° / 22°	279	27.7	12.1	2.9
Oct	32° / 22°	171	21.4	11.8	3.0
Nov	34° / 21°	23	4.6	11.6	3.6
Dec	34° / 20°	3	0.7	11.5	4.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	78	78	78	79	80	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bassar gets around 132 mm of rain over 21.2 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 68% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	72
31	72

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	89	90
Miserable (%)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 5:44 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:44	6:04
2	12.3	5:44	6:04
3	12.3	5:44	6:04
4	12.3	5:43	6:04
5	12.4	5:43	6:04
6	12.4	5:43	6:04
7	12.4	5:42	6:04
8	12.4	5:42	6:04
9	12.4	5:42	6:05
10	12.4	5:42	6:05
11	12.4	5:41	6:05
12	12.4	5:41	6:05
13	12.4	5:41	6:05
14	12.4	5:41	6:05
15	12.4	5:41	6:06
16	12.4	5:40	6:06
17	12.4	5:40	6:06
18	12.4	5:40	6:06
19	12.4	5:40	6:06
20	12.4	5:40	6:07
21	12.4	5:40	6:07
22	12.5	5:40	6:07
23	12.5	5:40	6:07
24	12.5	5:40	6:07
25	12.5	5:39	6:08
26	12.5	5:39	6:08
27	12.5	5:39	6:08
28	12.5	5:39	6:08
29	12.5	5:39	6:09
30	12.5	5:39	6:09
31	12.5	5:39	6:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bassar

In seasonPeak

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

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

Bassar sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bassar?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bassar.

What to pack for Bassar in May

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

In May, Bassar sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bassar in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bassar peaks around April 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	9	11	13	12	11	11	12	13	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Bassar 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 Bassar is worst in December — around 122 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	103	86	48	40	22	18	16	15	18	29	50	122
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	103	Unhealthy
Feb	86	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	40	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	122	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bassar?

Bassar sits at 9.3°N, 0.8°E, 388 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Sokodé, 49 km away.

Topography around Bassar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bassar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m around an average of 342 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m.

The land around Bassar is covered by trees (34%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), cropland (22%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

474 m

trees 34%

16 km

518 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

766 m

shrubs 33%

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← April Bassar year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Sokodé 49 km · Bafilo 54 km · Kara 56 km · Niamtougou 68 km · Tchamba 74 km · Sotouboua 80 km · Ouaké 80 km · Yendi 89 km

Togo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,384; 2025
Happiness: 4.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 21%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 28.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 397
Religion

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 Bassar (9.2502°, 0.7821°, elevation 388 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	72
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	72
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	72
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10