Climate averages 1991–2020
Bata weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bata: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kribi (120 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bata, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Bata ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 28.4°C; Bata is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 179 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
Bata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 169 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 236 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 265 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 110 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 96 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 245 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 335 | 30.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 325 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 29.7 | 12.012 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
- Kribi in MayCameroon · 120 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MayEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Libreville in MayGabon · 167 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Owendo in MayGabon · 177 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MayCameroon · 192 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Oyem in MayGabon · 204 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 219 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Malabo in MayEquatorial Guinea · 237 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 273 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 Bata) is explained once on the Bata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.