Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferkessédougou weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ferkessédougou: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Korhogo (50 km away). In May its highs average 33.6°C, about as warm as Ferkessédougou, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Ferkessédougou ranks joint 1st of 30 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 30 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 30 cities is 30.6°C; Ferkessédougou is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 100 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
Ferkessédougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 41 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 102 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 205 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 176 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 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
- Korhogo in MayIvory Coast · 50 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Banfora in MayBurkina Faso · 126 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 199 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MayBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Bouaké in MayIvory Coast · 212 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 125 mm rain
- Séguéla in MayIvory Coast · 244 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 280 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Vavoua in MayIvory Coast · 283 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 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 Ferkessédougou) is explained once on the Ferkessédougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.