Buea Weather in May
Buea in May
The short of it: Buea in May averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 19 °C (65 °F), with 296 mm (11.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 19° · rain 296 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Buea an average May high of 26°, a low of 19° and some 296 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 296 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Buea runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Mutengene, 11 km to the SE, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Buea, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 82 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MutengeneSouth-West | 11 km SE | 29° | 22° | 288 mm |
| LimbeSouth-West | 15 km SSW | 30° | 22° | 303 mm |
| TikoSouth-West | 16 km ESE | 31° | 23° | 279 mm |
| MuyukaSouth-West | 24 km NE | 31° | 23° | 265 mm |
| Souza GareLittoral | 42 km ENE | 31° | 23° | 261 mm |
| DibombariLittoral | 46 km E | 31° | 23° | 262 mm |
| BonabériLittoral | 50 km E | 31° | 23° | 272 mm |
| BamussoSouth-West | 51 km NW | 30° | 23° | 293 mm |