San Weather in May
San in May
The short of it: San in May averages a high of 40 °C (103 °F) and a low of 25 °C (78 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 40° · low 25° · rain 26 mm · daylight 12 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give San an average May high of 40°, a low of 25° and some 26 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 40° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 44 min in mid-May, 19 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 January and December.
Against its neighbours, San runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kinmparana, 51 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in San, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KinmparanaSégou | 51 km S | 39° | 26° | 41 mm |
| DjennéMopti | 77 km NNE | 41° | 25° | 18 mm |
| Ké-MacinaSégou | 89 km NW | 40° | 25° | 17 mm |
| BlaSégou | 101 km WSW | 39° | 26° | 41 mm |
| YorossoSikasso | 105 km S | 37° | 25° | 56 mm |
| BaraniBoucle du Mouhoun | 110 km E | 40° | 26° | 30 mm |
| DiourouSégou | 110 km WNW | 40° | 25° | 25 mm |
| MoninnpébougouSégou | 116 km NW | 41° | 25° | 15 mm |