Climate averages 1991–2020
Carnot weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Carnot: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (76 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Carnot, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Carnot ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 30.0°C; Carnot is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 131 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
Carnot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 176 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 162 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 131 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 232 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 287 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 108 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 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
- Berbérati in MayCentral African Republic · 76 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Bouar in MayCentral African Republic · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Bertoua in MayCameroon · 246 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 292 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 304 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 367 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Moundou in MayChad · 404 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 74 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 Carnot) is explained once on the Carnot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.