Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Libreville: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Libreville, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 28.9°C; Libreville is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 82 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
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Owendo in MayGabon · 13 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in MayGabon · 144 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Bata in MayEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MayEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Oyem in MayGabon · 272 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Kribi in MayCameroon · 287 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 281 mm rain
- São Tomé in MaySao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MayCameroon · 337 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 199 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 Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.