Climate averages 1991–2020
Bouar weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bouar: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carnot (115 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Bouar, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bouar ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 30.0°C; Bouar is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bouar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 9.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 183 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 200 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 174 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 185 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 246 | 27.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 214 | 25.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Carnot in MayCentral African Republic · 115 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Berbérati in MayCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Bertoua in MayCameroon · 260 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 271 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Moundou in MayChad · 298 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Doba in MayChad · 334 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 364 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 365 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bouar) is explained once on the Bouar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.