Niamtougou weather in May

In May, Niamtougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 104 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Niamtougou's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niamtougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:38 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Niamtougou is town in the Kara region of Togo.

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 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Niamtougou reaches about 33°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Niamtougou

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Niamtougou 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°10.211.54.4
Feb35° / 22°71.211.73.0
Mar36° / 24°234.711.92.2
Apr35° / 25°6912.112.22.4
May33° / 24°10417.612.43.0
Jun30° / 23°11518.512.63.7
Jul29° / 22°18825.512.53.6
Aug28° / 22°26728.112.33.5
Sep29° / 22°22625.812.13.3
Oct31° / 22°11216.911.83.8
Nov33° / 20°91.811.64.1
Dec33° / 19°10.211.44.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 69%.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Niamtougou gets around 104 mm of rain over 17.6 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 56% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:43 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Niamtougou

In seasonPeak

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

Niamtougou's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon
Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Niamtougou?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Niamtougou.

What to pack for Niamtougou in May

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

In May, Niamtougou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Niamtougou 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 Niamtougou peaks around April 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 17UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Niamtougou 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 Niamtougou is worst in February — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 887 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan86Unhealthy
Feb87Unhealthy
Mar52Poor
Apr40Poor
May22Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov47Poor
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Niamtougou?

Niamtougou sits at 9.8°N, 1.1°E, 469 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Kara, 26 km away.

OuakéBoukoumbéKopargoBafiloDjougouNatitingouBassar

Topography around Niamtougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niamtougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 715 m.

The land around Niamtougou is covered by cropland (34%), grassland (23%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (30%), cropland (29%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
576 m
80 km
715 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Kara 26 km · Ouaké 33 km · Boukoumbé 45 km · Kopargo 49 km · Bafilo 50 km · Djougou 62 km · Natitingou 67 km · Bassar 68 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
Christian 42%folk religion 37%Muslim 14%none 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 Niamtougou (9.7681°, 1.1053°, elevation 469 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).