Umm Dafog Weather in May
Umm Dafog in May
The short of it: Umm Dafog in May averages a high of 39 °C (102 °F) and a low of 24 °C (74 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 39° · low 24° · rain 39 mm · daylight 12 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & January
Thirty years of records give Umm Dafog an average May high of 39°, a low of 24° and some 39 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 39° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 39 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and January.
Against its neighbours, Umm Dafog runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Birao, 61 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Umm Dafog, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 31 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiraoVakaga | 61 km WSW | 38° | 24° | 48 mm |
| Rahad al BardiSouthern Darfur | 112 km NNE | 38° | 23° | 27 mm |
| TullusSouthern Darfur | 150 km ENE | 39° | 24° | 23 mm |
| Kafia KingiWestern Bahr al Ghazal | 179 km SE | 36° | 23° | 49 mm |
| Ouanda DjalléVakaga | 183 km SSW | 34° | 22° | 78 mm |
| BurāmSouthern Darfur | 206 km ENE | 39° | 25° | 21 mm |
| GereidaSouthern Darfur | 219 km ENE | 39° | 24° | 18 mm |
| NyalaSouthern Darfur | 245 km NE | 39° | 24° | 15 mm |