Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Malabo: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 273 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Malabo, with 348 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 28.4°C; Malabo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 273 mm to 388 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in MayCameroon · 56 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 348 mm rain
- Buea in MayCameroon · 68 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 325 mm rain
- Tiko in MayCameroon · 73 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 348 mm rain
- Douala in MayCameroon · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 297 mm rain
- Kumba in MayCameroon · 123 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in MayNigeria · 130 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 347 mm rain
- Calabar in MayNigeria · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 340 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.