Maroua Weather in May
Maroua in May
The short of it: Maroua in May averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 24° · rain 47 mm · daylight 12 h 36 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Maroua an average May high of 36°, a low of 24° and some 47 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 36 min in mid-May, 15 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Maroua runs about middling and about as wet in May. Mindif, 25 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Maroua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 36 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h