Climate averages 1991–2020
Bouaké weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th 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 Bouaké: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yamoussoukro (101 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Bouaké, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Bouaké ranks joint 9th of 30 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 30 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 30 cities is 30.6°C; Bouaké is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 136 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
Bouaké climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 125 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 20.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 24.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 217 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 52 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.712 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
- Yamoussoukro in MayIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Bouaflé in MayIvory Coast · 111 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Dimbokro in MayIvory Coast · 122 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Daoukro in MayIvory Coast · 137 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Bonon in MayIvory Coast · 141 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Sinfra in MayIvory Coast · 154 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Vavoua in MayIvory Coast · 163 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Daloa in MayIvory Coast · 181 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 116 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 Bouaké) is explained once on the Bouaké year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.