Climate averages 1991–2020
Doba weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Doba: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moundou (86 km away). In May its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Doba, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Doba ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 36.7°C; Doba is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 102 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
Doba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 35.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 68 | 11.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 256 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Moundou in MayChad · 86 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Kelo in MayChad · 135 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Sarh in MayChad · 176 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Pala in MayChad · 227 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Bouar in MayCentral African Republic · 334 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 349 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Maroua in MayCameroon · 351 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 389 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 294 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 Doba) is explained once on the Doba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.