Ikongo Weather in May
Ikongo in May
The short of it: Ikongo in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 16° · rain 83 mm · daylight 11 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Ikongo an average May high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 83 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 5 min in mid-May, 32 minutes less than a month before.
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 August and September.
Against its neighbours, Ikongo runs about middling and drier than most in May. Vohimanitra, 34 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ikongo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 46 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VohimanitraFitovinany Region | 34 km NE | 27° | 17° | 101 mm |
| AmboanjoFitovinany Region | 45 km ESE | 27° | 18° | 154 mm |
| FandrandavaUpper Matsiatra | 45 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 43 mm |
| AmbalavaoUpper Matsiatra | 52 km W | 25° | 13° | 15 mm |
| ManatoAtsimo-Atsinanana | 58 km S | 27° | 17° | 116 mm |
| FianarantsoaUpper Matsiatra | 60 km NW | 24° | 13° | 29 mm |
| IvatoAtsimo-Atsinanana | 62 km SSW | 27° | 16° | 78 mm |
| IfatsyFitovinany Region | 66 km SSE | 28° | 18° | 165 mm |