Garoua Weather in May
Garoua in May
The short of it: Garoua in May averages a high of 37 °C (98 °F) and a low of 26 °C (79 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 37° · low 26° · rain 84 mm · daylight 12 h 33 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Garoua an average May high of 37°, a low of 26° and some 84 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 37° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 33 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Garoua runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Pitoa, 15 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Garoua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 61 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h