Bafoulabé Weather in May
Bafoulabé in May
The short of it: Bafoulabé in May averages a high of 43 °C (110 °F) and a low of 26 °C (79 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 12 h 46 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 43° · low 26° · rain 20 mm · daylight 12 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Bafoulabé an average May high of 43°, a low of 26° and some 20 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 43° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 46 min in mid-May, 20 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Bafoulabé runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mahina, 80 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bafoulabé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h