Yaoundé Weather in May
Yaoundé in May
The short of it: Yaoundé in May averages a high of 30 °C (85 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 214 mm (8.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 20° · rain 214 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: December & January
May in Yaoundé brings afternoons near 30° and nights around 20°, with about 214 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 30°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 214 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Yaoundé runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Okoa, 16 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Yaoundé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 47 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h