Climate averages 1991–2020
Moundou 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 Moundou: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 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 Doba (86 km away). In May its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Moundou, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Moundou ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 36.7°C; Moundou is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 116 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
Moundou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.9°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 24 | 5.6 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 34.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 74 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 116 | 16.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 203 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 262 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 175 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 65 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°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
- Doba in MayChad · 86 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Kelo in MayChad · 87 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Pala in MayChad · 156 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Sarh in MayChad · 261 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 278 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Maroua in MayCameroon · 296 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Bouar in MayCentral African Republic · 298 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 308 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 Moundou) is explained once on the Moundou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.