Climate averages 1991–2020
San-Pédro weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in San-Pédro: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Méagui (74 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than San-Pédro, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, San-Pédro ranks 27th of 30 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 30 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 30 cities is 30.6°C; San-Pédro is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 275 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
San-Pédro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 49 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 55 | 14.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 75 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 90 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 215 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 275 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 19.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 80 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 120 | 24.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 73 | 18.4 | 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
- Méagui in MayIvory Coast · 74 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Soubré in MayIvory Coast · 115 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Gagnoa in MayIvory Coast · 172 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Divo in MayIvory Coast · 186 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Sinfra in MayIvory Coast · 223 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Duekoué in MayIvory Coast · 235 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 126 mm rain
- Daloa in MayIvory Coast · 238 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Bonon in MayIvory Coast · 251 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 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 San-Pédro) is explained once on the San-Pédro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.